торжественный

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Russian

Etymology

From торжество́ (toržestvó) +‎ -енный (-ennyj).

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Adjective

торже́ственный (toržéstvennyj)

  1. grand, stately
  2. ceremonial, solemn
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Наконе́ц Передо́нов и Воло́дин реши́ли идти́ сва́таться. О́ба облекли́сь в большо́й наря́д и име́ли торже́ственный и бо́лее обыкнове́нного глу́пый вид.
      Nakonéc Peredónov i Volódin rešíli idtí svátatʹsja. Óba obleklísʹ v bolʹšój narjád i iméli toržéstvennyj i bóleje obyknovénnovo glúpyj vid.
      At last Peredonov and Volodin decided to go and fix up the match. They arranged themselves very elaborately and they had a solemn and more than usually stupid look.
  3. festive

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