单词 | bumbledom |
释义 | bumbledom|ˈbʌmb(ə)ldəm| [f. Bumble, name of the beadle in Dickens's Oliver Twist + -dom.] Fussy official pomposity and stupidity, especially as displayed by the officers of petty corporations, vestries, etc.; beadledom in its glory.
1856Sat. Rev. II. 12/1 The collective Bumbledom of Westminster. 1865Spectator 22 Apr. 427 There spoke the true spirit of parish Bumbledom. 1880Daily Tel. 8 Oct., The uncomplimentary epithet applied to municipal bureaucracy, ‘Bumbledom’. |

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