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From Mr. Bumble, a character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, + -dom.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials. Full definition →
From Mr. Bumble, a character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, + -dom.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.