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Polonius
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English
Etymology
After the character of Polonius in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
Pronunciation
en əʊniəs 4
Noun
A busybody who makes poor judgments.
en 2012 George Caffentzis In Letters of Blood and Fire 30 From the winged words of corporation executives, from the pulpits of economic Poloniuses, the same evil is identified and decried: the collapse of productivity. But are the sermons total myths?
Related terms
en Polonial
en Polonian
Proper noun
en male literary.
Translations
male given name of literary usage
Esperanto: eo Polonio
Polish: pl Poloniusz
en eponyms
en Fictional characters William Shakespeare People