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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Fussy official pomposity: a sarcastic term applied especially to members of petty corporations, as vestries in England, and implying pretentious inefficiency.

Wiktionary

  1. n. bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials.

Etymologies

  1. From Mr. Bumble, a character in Oliver Twist + -dom. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “In her speech, she accused Roosevelt of turning American democracy into "a dictatorial bumbledom" through his mismanagement of the war.”

    Honoring Unforgettable Women: Clare Boothe Luce

  • “It's the sheer bumbledom of it all that is so pathetic.”

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

  • “Street containing many seventeenth-century houses, its old inns, and its balconied Guildhall -- the scene of so many unseemly wrangles among the robed and cocked-hatted borough councillors who are, _par excellence_, outstanding illustrations of the provincial petty jealousies of bumbledom -- Mrs. Bond was welcomed by the trades-people who vied with each other to "serve her.”

    Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo

  • “They would not only have one member, but would have half the aldermen, half the town-councillors, half the mayor, half the patronage in beadles, bell-ringers and bumbledom in general.”

    Ralph the Heir

  • “Frank P: "It's the sheer bumbledom of it all that is so pathetic.”

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

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