English Explanatory Dictionary

Dundrearyism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A twisted and consequentially nonsensical aphorism.

Word forms

Dundrearyism Dundrearyisms

Etymology

Named after Lord Dundreary, a foolish aristocrat in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858), who utters remarks of this kind; + -ism.

Synonyms

malaphor
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