panjandrum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pænˈd͡ʒæn.dɹəm/    美 /pænˈd͡ʒæn.dɹəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An important, powerful or influential person; muckamuck.
    — 1755, Samuel Foote, The Grand Panjandrum (a nonsense poem written to test actor Charles Macklin's claim that he could accurately recite any paragraph of text after a single reading), So he died, / and she very imprudently married the Barber: / and there were present / the Picninnies, / and the Joblillies, / and the Garyulies, / and the grand Panjandrum himself, / with the little round button at top;
  2. A self-important or pretentious person.
    — You can never imagine how delighted I was to find that instead of being the correct sort of big panjandrum you were supposed to be, you were really an old rip like papa.
  3. A massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II. historical
    — The Panjandrum lurched and overturned, the crash dislodging several of the rockets, which flew low over the beach in all directions […].

词形变化

panjandrums plural panjandra plural Panjandrum alternative

词源

Coined as a nonce word in the 18th century by British dramatist Samuel Foote.
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