Fussbudgetry
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The characteristics and behaviors of a fussbudget; petty complaining. Canada, US, uncountable
"All these interested Porter, but not most New Yorker readers; and his self-indulgent operation has produced most of the time not the valuable critical writing his gifts promised but a flood of historical and musical fussbudgetry that was a waste of his attention and time and theirs."
Example
More examples"All these interested Porter, but not most New Yorker readers; and his self-indulgent operation has produced most of the time not the valuable critical writing his gifts promised but a flood of historical and musical fussbudgetry that was a waste of his attention and time and theirs."
Etymology
From fussbudget + -ry.
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