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Latest revision as of 21:51, 26 November 2012 [edit] English [edit] Etymology First used in the lyrics of Steve Miller's 1973 rock song The Joker. pompatus - One who is pompous.
- 1973 October, Steve Miller, "The Joker", The Joker, Capitol Records
- Cause I speak of the pompatus of love
- 2000, Michael Ondaatje, Anil's Ghost, Picador, ISBN 0330480774, page 140
- She loved the way the lecturer stated it, offhand, but with the air of a pompatus.
- 2010, Loren Berengere, Satirical Denouncements of the Wicked Americans and We Anti-Matriarchalists[1], page 98:
- Got my pompatus up; my rave'll be on in a few. I must have popped too many; the Iowa donkeys are starting to bray in my ears.
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[edit] Etymology Perfect passive participle of pompō [edit] Participle pompātus m. (feminine pompāta, neuter pompātum); first/second declension - acted or done pompously (with pomp)
[edit] Inflection [edit] Adjective pompātus m. (feminine pompāta, neuter pompātum); first/second declension - splendid (with pomp)
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