pontificate

March 01, 2015

verb

\pahn-TIF-uh-kayt\

Definition

1

a : to officiate as a pontiffb : to celebrate pontifical mass

2

: to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way

Examples

Stan loves to hear himself talk and will often pontificate on even the most trivial issues.

"Though the game was another dud—a Patriots' blowout of the hapless Colts—sports columnists worldwide were given a unique chance topontificate on, of all things, the air pressure of footballs." — Shelly Griffith,Daily Post-Athenian (Athens, Tennessee), January 30, 2015