"beigist" meaning in All languages combined

See beigist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: beigists [plural]
Etymology: beige + -ist. Probably coined by the comedian and actor Billy Connolly, as an antonym to the word "colourful" as applied to people. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|beige|ist}} beige + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} beigist (plural beigists)
  1. A bland, banal, unoriginal person; a humorless bourgeois.
    Sense id: en-beigist-en-noun-zra93LAZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 46 54
  2. A political centrist or politically correct person; an unphilosophical adherent to the zeitgeist. Synonyms (political centrist): centrist
    Sense id: en-beigist-en-noun-i4zewK2T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'political centrist': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bore, bourgeois, conformist, dullard, square

Inflected forms

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