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officialeses

officialeses is the plural of officialese.

Meaning of officialese

Noun

officialese (countable and uncountable, plural officialeses)

  1. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.
    • These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […]2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 263
    Synonyms:
    bureaucratese

Questions about officialeses

What is officialeses the plural of?
Officialeses is the plural of officialese.

Words near officialeses in the dictionary

  1. officialates
  2. officialdom
  3. officialdoms
  4. officiales
  5. officialese
  6. officialeses
  7. officialhood
  8. officialis
  9. officialisation
  10. officialise
  11. officialised

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