单词 | bigwiggery |
释义 | > as lemmasbigˈwiggery bigˈwiggery n. official display of importance, pomp; (also) high office, bigwigs collectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display > official bigwiggery1855 bigwiggism1872 bigwiggedness1884 1855 Househ. Words 12 250 All this solemn bigwiggery—these triumphs, ovations, sacrifices, orations. 1945 K. Antohny Lambs iv. 72 Their devotion to the clinking glass and the ribald joke and their complete and happy disrespect for bigwiggery and puffery of all kinds further united them. 2004 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 19 Feb. 12 And I have noticed that even at the highest levels of municipal bigwiggery there are still niggling fears about the impact of the St Stephen's development on the rest of the city centre. < as lemmas |
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