ceremonious

Meanings

Adjective

characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

Adjective Satellite

rigidly formal or bound by convention
- "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

Adj

According to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.
Involving much ceremony; ostentatious, showy.
Of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious.
Synonym of ceremonial (“of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony or rite”); formal, ritual.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle French cérémonieux (modern French cérémonieux) or directly from its etymon Latin caerimōniōsus + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Caerimōniōsus is derived from Latin caerimōnia (“awe, reverence, veneration; sacredness, sanctity; religious ceremony, ritual”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to build, make; to do”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly’ forming adjectives from nouns). By surface analysis, ceremony + -ous.

Synonyms

ceremonial, conventional, pompous

Antonyms

inceremonious, unceremonious

Scrabble Score: 15

ceremonious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ceremonious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ceremonious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

ceremonious is a valid Words With Friends word