| 单词 | great panjandrum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreat Panjandrum 1. (A mock title for) a mysterious (frequently imaginary) personage of great power or authority; a pompous or pretentious official; a self-important person in authority. Also Grand Panjandrum, Great Panjandrum.In quot. 1825 in extended use, of a particularly showy flower.Quot. 18252 follows shortly after the passage quoted in the etymological note above, of which some quotations are extended echoes. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > one who is important > one who is self important bug1536 his nibs1821 panjandrum1825 prima ballerina1923 I AM1926 cheese1965 the mind > emotion > pride > pomposity > [noun] > person puffball1763 pomposo1806 panjandrum1825 Lord Muck1858 stuffed shirt1913 blimp1935 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters > specific character or creature big-endian1726 Sleeping Beauty1729 little-endian1749 small-endian1819 panjandrum1825 shock-headed Peter1848 flopsy bunny1909 Pollyanna1921 Tarzan1921 hobbit1937 orc1937 superman1938 Moomin1950 Dalek1963 1825 M. Edgeworth Harry & Lucy Concl. II. 46 He [sc. the gardener] began to praise his carnations... One he called..The envy of the world, or the great panjandrum. 1825 M. Edgeworth Harry & Lucy Concl. II. 153 Lucy said, that if it had not been for the grand Panjandrum, she was almost sure she should have been able to say it; but she was so much surprised by meeting the grand Panjandrum himself again, and so diverted by his little round button at top, that she could think of nothing else. 1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 7 Sept. 117/2 Mr. Greeley has..again risen to power as Chief Editor and Grand Panjandrum of the paper. 1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 39 The little wide-awake, like the Panjandrum ‘with the little round button at the top’. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 1 Wanting to cut a fine figure in high life, as official panjandrums generally do want. 1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise vii. 57 The panjandrums of the nineteenth century..give way to the realists. 1955 A. Huxley Let. 11 May (1969) 743 I am under the protective wing of a bright young researcher..and his wife. They..introduce me to the Grand Panjandrums, who mainly speak with german accents. 1996 B. Sewell in Week 14 Dec. 22/3 A dog's dinner of elementary art history dotted with old favourites and what the panjandrums believe to be good for us. < as lemmas |
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