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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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