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sardoodledom

/sɑː(ɹ)ˈduːdəldəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sar-doo-dle-dom
IPA
/sɑː(ɹ)ˈduːdəldəm/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Well-made works of drama that have trivial, insignificant, or melodramatic plots.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of sardoodledom.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Blend of Sardou + doodle + -dom, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou. Coined by Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist George Bernard Shaw who first used it on the 1 June, 1895 in the Saturday Review when criticising Sardou's well-made plays.

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Questions

How do you pronounce sardoodledom?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɑː(ɹ)ˈduːdəldəm/.
What does sardoodledom mean?
Well-made works of drama that have trivial, insignificant, or melodramatic plots.
Where does sardoodledom come from?
Blend of Sardou + doodle + -dom, named after French dramatist Victorien Sardou. Coined by Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist George Bernard Shaw who first used it on the 1 June, 1895 in the Saturday Review when criticising Sardou's well-made plays.

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