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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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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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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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