Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic, informal)One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is either officious or punctilious in a position of authority.

    Wichtigtuer, Wichtigmacher

    напыщенное ничто́жествоnapyščennoje ničtóžestvo

More definitions
  • a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned

Translations

5 languages
Русский
one who is overly-officious:
Deutsch
one who is overly-officious:

Forms

plural: stuffed shirts

See also

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