Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
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adj
In the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894–1979).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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History
From Partridge + -an. From the fictional character Alan Partridge, a self-obsessed radio DJ.
From Partridge + -an. From the lexicographer Eric Partridge.
