pontificate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
2. fiil To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
3. fiil To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
4. fiil To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.

   “During a policy discussion awhile^([sic]) back about New York issues, when Mr. Clinton began to pontificate, she told him that he did not exactly know what he was talking about and to hush up.”