Dundrearyism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A twisted and consequentially nonsensical aphorism.
    — Like the argot once confined to a class, some of his phrases have become part of the general idiom. A Dundrearyism can be recognized as soon as uttered, like an Irish bull.

词形变化

Dundrearyisms plural

词源

Named after Lord Dundreary, a foolish aristocrat in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858), who utters remarks of this kind; + -ism.
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