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beadledom
bea·dle·dom
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ˈbid
l
dəm
/
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beed
-l-d
uh
m
]
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noun
a stupid or officious display or exercise of authority, as by petty officials.
Origin:
1855–60;
beadle
+
-dom
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beadledom
(ˈbiːd
ə
ldəm)
—
n
petty officialdom
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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