Dogberry

See also: dogberry

English

From Dogberry, the name of a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1600).

Dogberry (plural Dogberries)

A pompous, foolish or self-important official. [from 19th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 333:
  It would be interesting to know how many village Dogberries there were like Thomas Law, the constable of Quendon, Essex, whose reaction in 1651 on being informed of a robbery was to call on the astrologer, William Hills, ‘with an intent to hear what he might say, so that he might make his search accordingly’.

单词	Dogberry
释义	Dogberry See also: dogberry English Etymology From Dogberry, the name of a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1600). Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɡbəɹi/ (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɡˌbɛɹi/, /ˈdɑɡˌbɛɹi/ Noun Dogberry (plural Dogberries) A pompous, foolish or self-important official. [from 19th c.] 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 333: It would be interesting to know how many village Dogberries there were like Thomas Law, the constable of Quendon, Essex, whose reaction in 1651 on being informed of a robbery was to call on the astrologer, William Hills, ‘with an intent to hear what he might say, so that he might make his search accordingly’. Derived terms Dogberryism
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