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pontificious

pontificious adjective: pontifical.

Adjective

pontificious (comparative more pontificious, superlative most pontificious)

  1. (obsolete) pontifical

Forms of pontificious

comparativemore pontificious
superlativemost pontificious

Origin of pontificious

Borrowed from Latin pontificius.

Questions about pontificious

What does pontificious mean?
Pontificious means pontifical.
What part of speech is pontificious?
Pontificious is an adjective.

Words near pontificious in the dictionary

  1. pontifices
  2. pontificial
  3. pontificially
  4. pontifician
  5. pontificians
  6. pontificious
  7. pontified
  8. pontifies
  9. pontify
  10. pontifying
  11. pontil

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