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Dwight Schrute

Dwight Schrute noun: an eccentric and officious man, often an antagonist, known especially for bragging about odd subjects.

Noun

Dwight Schrute (plural Dwight Schrutes)

  1. An eccentric and officious man, often an antagonist, known especially for bragging about odd subjects.
    • I'm now apparently being seduced by the Dwight Schrute of the United Arab Emirates. What's next, karate moves?2025, Josie Juniper, Coming in Hot, Grand Central Publishing
    • Quantum entanglement is another quirky feature that makes quantum memory the Dwight Schrute of the data world-it's intense, a bit weird, and freakishly efficient.2024, Jade Summers, Top 15 Bizarre Facts about Technology

Examples of Dwight Schrute in a sentence

  • She found out about a plot by Ahasuerus's chief of staff, Haman, otherwise known as the Dwight Schrute of Persia, to kill all the Jews there.2025, J.D. Greear, Everyday Revolutionary: How to Transcend the Culture War and Transform the World, page 27=28:
  • I'm understanding in greater depth the Dwight Schrutes of the world.2016, September Vaudrey, Colors of Goodbye: A Memoir of Holding On, Letting Go, and Reclaiming Joy in the Wake of Loss, Tyndale House...

Forms of Dwight Schrute

pluralDwight Schrutes

Origin of Dwight Schrute

From the character Dwight Schrute of the television show The Office.

Questions about Dwight Schrute

What does Dwight Schrute mean?
Dwight Schrute means an eccentric and officious man, often an antagonist, known especially for bragging about odd subjects.
How do you use Dwight Schrute in a sentence?
She found out about a plot by Ahasuerus's chief of staff, Haman, otherwise known as the Dwight Schrute of Persia, to kill all the Jews there.
What part of speech is Dwight Schrute?
Dwight Schrute is a noun.
What is the plural of Dwight Schrute?
The plural of Dwight Schrute is Dwight Schrutes.

Words near Dwight Schrute in the dictionary

  1. DWH
  2. DWHs
  3. DWI
  4. dwi-
  5. Dwight
  6. Dwight Schrute
  7. Dwight-Lloyd
  8. Dwight-Lloyds
  9. dwile
  10. dwile flonking
  11. dwile flunking

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