Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

English

edit

Etymology

edit

From official +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

officialese (countable and uncountable, plural officialeses)

  1. The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. [from 19th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 263:
      These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy []

Synonyms

edit

Translations

edit

See also

edit