different between pompous vs verbose

English

Etymology

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek ????? (pomp?, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from ????? (pémp?, “I send”). Doublet of pomposo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?mp?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?mp?s/

Adjective

pompous (comparative more pompous, superlative most pompous)

1. Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
   • 1848, Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair, Bantam Classics (1997), 16:

     "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous, and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Samuel did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

Synonyms

• conceited
• smug
• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• self-effacing

Related terms

• pomp
• pomposity
• pompously

Translations

Further reading

• pompous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pompous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pompous at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Latin verb?sus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”) + English -ose (suffix meaning ‘full of; like’). Verb?sus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh?- (“to say, speak”)) + -?sus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??b??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /v??bo?s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Hyphenation: verb?ose

Adjective

verbose (comparative more verbose, superlative most verbose)

1. Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verbose

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:concise
2. (computing) Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

Derived terms

• verbosely
• verboseness

Related terms

• verbosity

Translations

References

Further reading

• verbose mode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• verbosity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• observe, obverse

Italian

Adjective

verbose

1. feminine plural of verboso

Latin

Adjective

verb?se

1. vocative masculine singular of verb?sus

References

• verbose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verbose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verbose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette