Bunburyn.

/ˈbʌnbəri/

Etymology: < Bunbury, the name of an imaginary character in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest (1899).

An imaginary person used as a fictitious excuse for visiting a place or avoiding obligations (see quot. 1899¹). Hence used allusively in various formations (see quots.).

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1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 14 I have Bunburyed all over Shropshire on two separate occasions.

1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 16 I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.

1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 17 Now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying.

1959 Listener 12 Feb. 300/3 He may even be able to kill the faint hope in many hearts that the former has merely gone Bunburying.

1960 Times 27 Apr. 10/1 The perils of Bunburying—to use the classical term for the creation of a spurious alibi—increase in proportion to the complexity of the story told.

1965 P. Moyes Johnny under Ground ix. 117 I've evolved this rather attractive alter ego—Mr. Reginald Derbyshire-Bentinck. Quite Bunburyish, in his own little way.

1969 Listener 5 June 794/3 For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die... At least the words are an apt motto for a Bunburyist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	bunbury
释义	Bunburyn. /ˈbʌnbəri/ Etymology: < Bunbury, the name of an imaginary character in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest (1899). An imaginary person used as a fictitious excuse for visiting a place or avoiding obligations (see quot. 1899¹). Hence used allusively in various formations (see quots.). ΚΠ 1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 14 I have Bunburyed all over Shropshire on two separate occasions. 1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 16 I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose. 1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest i. 17 Now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying. 1959 Listener 12 Feb. 300/3 He may even be able to kill the faint hope in many hearts that the former has merely gone Bunburying. 1960 Times 27 Apr. 10/1 The perils of Bunburying—to use the classical term for the creation of a spurious alibi—increase in proportion to the complexity of the story told. 1965 P. Moyes Johnny under Ground ix. 117 I've evolved this rather attractive alter ego—Mr. Reginald Derbyshire-Bentinck. Quite Bunburyish, in his own little way. 1969 Listener 5 June 794/3 For he who lives more lives than one More deaths than one must die... At least the words are an apt motto for a Bunburyist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1899
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