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bumbledom

/ˈbʌmbl̩dm̩/

bumbledom noun: bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials.

Noun

bumbledom (countable and uncountable, plural bumbledoms)

  1. bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials.
    • With the meekness went a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to infuriate the self-important bumbledom of that time, as when the Friends refused to remove their hats before the Court that was to try them.1942, G.M. Trevelyan, Illustrated English Social History, Digitized edition, Longman's Green and Co., published 2003

bumbledom meaning in Tamil

bumbledom in Tamil

ஏமாற்றுப் பணியாளர்

Forms of bumbledom

pluralbumbledoms

Origin of bumbledom

From Mr. Bumble, a character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, + -dom.

Questions about bumbledom

What does bumbledom mean?
Bumbledom means bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials.
What is bumbledom in Tamil?
Bumbledom in Tamil is ஏமாற்றுப் பணியாளர். See Bumbledom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bumbledom?
Bumbledom is a noun.
How do you pronounce bumbledom?
Bumbledom is pronounced /ˈbʌmbl̩dm̩/.
What is the plural of bumbledom?
The plural of bumbledom is bumbledoms.

Words near bumbledom in the dictionary

  1. bumblebird
  2. bumblebirds
  3. Bumbleby
  4. bumbled
  5. bumbled along
  6. bumbledom
  7. bumbledoms
  8. bumblefeet
  9. bumblefoot
  10. bumblefooted
  11. Bumblefuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bumbledom (page history and authors); bumbledom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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