Pontificating

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of pontification. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pontificate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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pontification

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"If you will suffer my pontificating further, most native English speakers, most of the time, will use shorter words, even when that means using more."

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