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BUMBLEDOM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: the actions and mannerisms of pompous but inefficient government officials .
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bumbledom - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English · Etymology · Pronunciation · Noun. edit. bumbledom (countable and uncountable, plural bumbledoms). bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, ...
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BUMBLEDOM Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Bumbledom definition: self-importance in a minor office. See examples of BUMBLEDOM used in a sentence.
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bumbledom
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.1856 Sat. Rev. II. 12/1 The collective Bumbledom of Westminster. 18...
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Bumbledom - Blog - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Bumbledom (noun): The petty actions and mannerisms of pompous but inefficient government officials. Easy to remember because it's not difficult to envision ...
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bumbledom, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun bumbledom is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for bumbledom is from 1847, in the Express. From a proper name ...
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Mr. Bumble
The expression "Bumbledom" is named after the character and is used to describe the "meddlesome self-importance of the petty bureaucrat".
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bumbledom - YouTube
Provided to YouTube by Repost Network bumbledom · Oliver Buckland THIRTY三十 ℗ Oliver Buckland Released on: 2014-10-20 Auto-generated by ...
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BUMBLEDOM definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
bumbledom in British English (ˈbʌmbəldəm IPA Pronunciation Guide ) noun self-importance in a minor office.
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"BUMBLEDOM": Fussy, petty officialdom; bureaucratic self-importance
▸ noun: bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials. Similar: bumbling, bungling, beadledom, balls-up, boggle, bodgery ...
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bumbledom - definition and meaning - Wordnik
bumbledom: Fussy official pomposity: a sarcastic term applied especially to members of petty corporations, as vestries in England, and implying pretentious ...
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bumble
▪ I. ˈbumble, n.1 Also 6 Sc. bombill, 8 Sc. bummil, bummle. [f. bumble v.1] 1. ? A humming noise; bluster. Sc.1597 Montgomerie Flyting 105 for all ȝour bombill. 2. a. A bumble-bee. b. ‘A provincial name for the Common Bittern’ (Atkinson Prov. Names of Birds 1864).1638 Whiting Albino & Bell. (N.) Yon...
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1885–86 St. Mary's Y.M.A. season
Cooksey was "maternally disposed" who bore the "senile temerity of bumbledom" upon his face.
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Tone Dale House
memoirs cover 50 years of the history of the firm, which, though modestly written, reveal his business sense; especially in the demolition of official bumbledom
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world
▪ I. world, n. (wɜːld) Forms: α. 1 weorold, wuruld, worold, uoruld, wiarald, 1–3 weoruld, woruld, -eld, -old, 2 wurold, 3 we(o)reld, wæruld, Orm. we(o)relld. β. 1– world; 1–3 weorld, 4–6 worlde (2 worlð, 3 wurld, 5 whorlld(e); 2–3 werlð, 3 Orm. werrld, 3–5 werld(e; north. and Sc. 3– warld, 5–6 warld...
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