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/ˈbʌmbl̩dm̩/ · noun
bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials..
With the meekness went a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to infuriate the self-important bumbledom of that time, as when the Friends refused to remove their hats before the Court that was to try them.
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Bumbledom means bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials..
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With the meekness went a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to infuriate the self-important bumbledom of that time, as when the Friends refused to remove their hats before the Court that was to try them.
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