pontificate
verb [intransitive] (disapproving)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pontificate | |
he / she / it pontificates | |
past simple pontificated | |
past participle pontificated | |
-ing form pontificating |
- pontificate (about/on something)
to give your opinions about something in a way that shows that you think you are right Topics Opinion and argumentc2自以为是地谈论;目空一切地议论 Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Latin pontificatus, from pontifex, from pons, pont- ‘bridge’ + -fex from facere ‘make’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.