Bunburyist

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who partakes in Bunburying. humorous
    — I may mention that I have always suspected you of being a confirmed and secret Bunburyist; and I am quite sure of it now.

词形变化

Bunburyists plural

词源

From Bunbury + -ist, coined by Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) after Bunbury, the fictitious disabled friend of the character Algernon whose supposed illness is used as an excuse to avoid social engagements.
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