"Dogberry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɒɡbəɹi/ [UK], /ˈdɔɡˌbɛɹi/ [US], /ˈdɑɡˌbɛɹi/ [US] Forms: Dogberries [plural]
Etymology: From Dogberry, the name of a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1600). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Dogberry (plural Dogberries)
  1. A pompous, foolish or self-important official. Wikipedia link: Dogberry Categories (topical): William Shakespeare Derived forms: Dogberryism

Inflected forms

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