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# Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-46/
- Published: 2019-09-15T18:15:21.000Z
- Updated: 2019-09-15T04:59:47.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

The word for today is…

panjandrum (noun) – An important or self-important person.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/panjandrum?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Mock name for a pompous personage, 1755, invented by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) in a long passage full of nonsense written to test the memory of actor Charles Macklin (1697-1797), who said he could repeat anything after hearing it once.