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May 27, 2018 - 12:47 PM
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Rozsaphile
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Yup, it's definitely a negative word, and it's a type of sound I don't often enjoy anymore.
That being said, I often use the word 'pompous' ('pompøs' in Norwegian) in a positive sense, even if that -- too -- has negative connotations. I think more so in English than in Norwegian, though, where it has a slightly different meaning. For example, I can say that Pet Shop Boys' "It's a Sin" is "deliciously pompous". As in "larger-than-life", "aweinspiring", "majestic" etc.
Yes, "pomp" comes from from classical Greek and Latin (via Old French) and doesn't have the explicitly dyslogistic sense of "bombast." It can, of course, be viewed in a negative light.
c. 1300, from Old French pompe "pomp, magnificence" (13c.) and directly from Latin pompa "procession, pomp," from Greek pompe "solemn procession, display," literally "a sending," from pempein "to send." In Church Latin, used in deprecatory sense for "worldly display, vain show."
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