Definitions from Wiktionary (Partridgean)
▸ adjective: (UK, Ireland) Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity.
▸ adjective: (derogatory, of lexicographical work) In the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894–1979).
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▸ adjective: (UK, Ireland) Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity.
▸ adjective: (derogatory, of lexicographical work) In the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894–1979).
Similar:
Partridgian,
arty,
Posey,
pedant,
pedantical,
Pythonesque,
bathetical,
perissological,
artyfarty,
Pynchonesque,
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