Pronounced: EH-nee-ad, noun
Notes: I don’t think I have ever run across this word
Yesterday’s word
The word pooh-bah is
- a person who holds a high office or has great influence
- a pompous, self-important person
- a person holding many offices or positions of power
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
When I think of our word, the second definition above is the one that springs to mind. Our word comes from The Mikado, a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta that came out in 1885. The operetta has a character named Pooh-Bah, a government official that held all the high offices of the state – except Lord High Executioner. He as also known as “Lord High Everything Else”.
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