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dogberry
1[ dawg-ber-ee, -buh-ree, dog- ]
Dogberry
2[ dawg-ber-ee, -buh-ree, dog- ]
noun
, plural Dog·ber·rys
- a foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- any foolish, blundering, or stupid official.
dogberry
1/ -brɪ; -bərɪ; ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ /
noun
- sometimes capital a foolish, meddling, and usually old official
dogberry
2/ -brɪ; ˈdɒɡˌbɛrɪ; -bərɪ /
noun
- any of certain plants that have berry-like fruits, such as the European dogwood or the bearberry
- the fruit of any of these plants
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Derived Forms
- ˈdogberryˌism, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dogberry1
after Dogberry, character in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing (1598)
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Example Sentences
Judge Dogberry ruled, "This is flat perjury to call a prince's Brother, villain."
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These were the true successors of Dogberry; often infirm or aged persons appointed to keep them out of the workhouse.
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How right was wise old Dogberry in his dictum that reading and writing come by nature.
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Dogberry and Verges, two ignorant conceited constables, who greatly mutilate their words.
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Shakspeare has, by this 'one touch of nature,' made Dogberry kin to the whole world.
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