different between pompous vs wordy

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 Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordi? (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word +? -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?di/
• Rhymes: -??(r)di

Adjective

wordy (comparative wordier, superlative wordiest)

1. Using an excessive number of words.

   The story was long and very wordy.

Synonyms

• verbose
• pleonastic
• sesquipedalian
• See also Thesaurus:verbose
• See also Wikipedia:Wordy

Derived terms

• unwordy
• wordily
• wordiness

Translations

Anagrams

• dowry, rowdy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• woordi

Etymology

From Old English wordi?; equivalent to word +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wurdi?/, /?w?rdi?/, /?w??rdi?/

Adjective

wordy

1. (rare) wordy

Descendants

• English: wordy

References

• “w??rd?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.