English Explanatory Dictionary

Wellerism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proverb, often a fatuous one, attributed to speaker in a situation.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Wellerism.

Word forms

Wellerism Wellerisms

Etymology

From Weller + -ism, after the character Sam Weller in Charles Dickens' 1836 novel The Pickwick Papers.

Synonyms

apologetic proverb

Related words

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