gaudery vs pomp what difference

what is difference between gaudery and pomp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːdəɹi/

Noun

gaudery (countable and uncountable, plural gauderies)

1. finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.
   • 1674, John Dryden, Prologue Spoken at the Opening of the New House

     tarnished gaudery

Related terms

• gaudy

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “I send”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒmp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːmp/
• Rhymes: -ɒmp

Noun

pomp (countable and uncountable, plural pomps)

1. Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.
2. A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

Related terms

• pompous
• pomposity
• hypnopompic

Derived terms

• pomp and circumstance

Translations

Verb

pomp (third-person singular simple present pomps, present participle pomping, simple past and past participle pomped)

1. (obsolete) To make a pompous display; to conduct.
   • 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood

     pomp’d for those hard trifles

Further reading

• pomp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pomp in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pomp at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “pomp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pomp, from Middle Dutch pompe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔmp/

Noun

pomp (plural pompe, diminutive pompie)

1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Danish

Etymology

From German Pomp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔmp/, [pʰʌmˀb̥]

Noun

pomp c (singular definite pompen, not used in plural form)

1. pomp (show of magnificence)

Synonyms

• pragt

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pompe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔmp/
• Hyphenation: pomp
• Rhymes: -ɔmp

Noun

pomp f (plural pompen, diminutive pompje n)

1. pump (device for moving liquid or gas)

Derived terms

• benzinepomp
• bierpomp
• fietspomp
• maagpomp
• pompen
• scheepspomp
• stadspomp
• voetpomp
• waterpomp

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pomp
• → Indonesian: pompa
• → Japanese: ポンプ
• → Papiamentu: pòmp, pomp
• → Sranan Tongo: pompu
  • → Aukan: pompu

Icelandic

Etymology

Probably a loan word from the Danish pomp, from the French pompe, from the Latin pompa (“display, parade, procession”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔm̥p/
• Rhymes: -ɔm̥p

Noun

pomp n (genitive singular pomps)

1. ceremony, pomp

Declension

Synonyms

• (ceremony, pomp): viðhöfn, skraut

Derived terms

• pomp og prakt

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