officialese

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ə.fɪ.ʃəˈliːz/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. countable,uncountable
    — These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […]

词形变化

officialeses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English official
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Late Latin -iscus
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Vulgar Latin -iscus
Latin -ēnsis
Old French -eisbor.
Middle English -eys
English -ese
English officialese
From official + -ese.
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