Dumbledore

//ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔː// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bumblebee. archaic, dated, dialectal

    "Those slopes of fresh turf, embroidered with every minute blossom of the moor — thyme, birdsfoot, eyebright, and dwarf purple thistle, buzzed and hummed over by busy, black-tailed, yellow-banded dumbledores."

  2. 2
    A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle. dialectal

    "others may need to be informd that a blastnashun straddlebob is a dumbledore, that is to say, a polyonymous lamellicorn coleopter, cald also a dorbeetle, a dorbug, a maybeetle, a maybug, a cockchafer, a Melolontha vulgaris."

  3. 3
    A dandelion. dialectal

    "The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledore, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds."

  4. 4
    A blundering person. slang

    "“Miserable dumbledores!” / “Right, William, and so they be—miserable dumbledores!” said the choir with unanimity."

Etymology

Compound of dumble (similar to bumble) + dor (“a buzzing flying insect”).

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