Partridgean English

Meaning Partridgean meaning

What does Partridgean mean?

Partridgean adjective

— (UK, Irish) Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity.

Partridgean adjective

— (derogatory) (Of lexicographical work) in the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge.