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Vinony

pontification

noun

  1. The act of speaking or expressing opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way.
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English pontificate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English pontification From pontificate + -ion.

  1. The act of pontificating

    “It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.”