Polonius
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A busybody who makes poor judgments.
"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?"
Example
More examples"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?"
Etymology
After the character of Polonius in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
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