释义 |
boreism|ˈbɔərɪz(ə)m| Also borism. [f. bore n.2 + -ism.] The characteristic behaviour of bores; the practice of being a bore.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xvi. (1859) 401 Borism is fast attaining a head it never reached before. 1839H. Anderson Haileybury Observ. i. 20 An intolerable mixture of impertinence and boreism. |