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ˈnoodledom
[f. noodle n.1 + -dom.]
1. The world or aggregate of noodles; a collection of noodles.
1810Syd. Smith in Edin. Rev. XV. 305 These two phrases, the delight of Noodledom, are grown into common-places upon the subject. 1825― Wks. (1859) 417 How impossible it appeared to Noodledom to repeal them! 1867G. Gilfillan Night viii. 294 A noodledom of blood now governs France. 1878Browning Poets Croisic cvi, ‘Yes,’ you sneer, ‘Ninnies stock Noodledom.’
2. Foolishness, stupidity; an instance of this.
1827Blackw. Mag. XXI. 820 It is the most entire piece of noodledom that can be perpetrated. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 640 They are sufficiently bored with the solemn noodledoms of pretension. 1865Star 5 Jan., The noodledom of the magistrates is the one feature of the case.
attrib.1886Athenæum 23 Jan. 138/2 Mr. Thomson's collection of noodledom stories for the Folk-lore Society.
So ˈnoodledum, noodledom; a noodle. rare.
1826Examiner 727/1 A piece of noodledum that was even attributed to Louis XIV. 1883Hall Caine Cobwebs Crit. v. 145 Ridiculous..squabbles among the tribes of Noodledums. |