Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ceremonious"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ceremonious \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. c['e]r['e]monieux, L.
Caerimoniosus.]
1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial.

Note: [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

The ceremonious part of His worship. --South.

2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms;
devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful;
punctilious. ``Ceremonious phrases.'' --Addison.

Too ceremonious and traditional. --Shak.

Syn: Formal; precise; exact. See {Formal}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ceremonious
adj : rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious
greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: {conventional}]


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