OFFICIAL
ADJECTIVES
1606 ► MUNERAL relating to duty; official → obs.
1610 ► OFFICIOUS pert. to an office or business, official; hence, formal → obs.
1755 ► OFFICIARY belonging to or holding office; official
NOUNS
1716 ► OFFICIALRY an official post → obs.
1884 ► OFFICIALESE the language characteristic of officials or of official documents
1903 ► RED-TAPEISM official routine → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► RED-TAPERY official routine → sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1300 ► MAN OF OFFICE an officer or official
1540 ► JACK OUT OF SERVICE a person who has been dismissed from his office → obs.
1578 ► OFFICE-MAN an officer; an official → Sc. obs.
1592 ► JACK-OUT-OF-OFFICE a discharged official, in derision → sl.
1599 ► UNDERHEAD a subordinate official
1611 ► OFFICIARY an officer or official
1681 ► OFFICIAR an officer; an official → Sc. obs.
1690 ► JACK-IN-OFFICE an overbearing or self-important petty official; an upstart → sl.
19C.. ► ADMIRAL OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE an overdressed, flashy beadle or other minor, uniformed official → sl.
1803 ► ALCALDE a local official; now also any important or self-important person → Amer. dial.
1872 ► BUMMER a politician or public official who is idle or corrupt; a hanger-on of a political party’s officers → US obs.
L19.. ► PANNIKIN BOSS a minor official, often officious → Aust. sl.
L19.. ► PANNO a minor official, often officious → Aust. sl.
1910 ► LAME DUCK an office-holder who has not been, or cannot be, re-elected → US sl.
1967 ► RABBIT EARS an athlete or official who is quick to take offense at teasing → US sl.
1992 ► BEARD a corrupt public official → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1850 ► OFFICIALIZE to do official work
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