English Explanatory Dictionary

Bunburyist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who partakes in Bunburying.

Word forms

Bunburyist Bunburyists

Etymology

From Bunbury + -ist, coined by Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) after Bunbury, the fictitious disabled friend of the character Algernon whose supposed illness is used as an excuse to avoid social engagements.

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