Words that time forgot
BUMBLEDOM
Delightful lost words ripe for revival
Meaning: The pettiness and fussiness of officials, as in: ‘The traffic warden was full of bumbledom.’ Origin: After Mr Bumble, Dickens’ beadle in Oliver Twist. 19th century.
Delightful lost words ripe for revival
Meaning: The pettiness and fussiness of officials, as in: ‘The traffic warden was full of bumbledom.’ Origin: After Mr Bumble, Dickens’ beadle in Oliver Twist. 19th century.