Dogberry Definition

dôgbĕrē, dŏg-
dogberries
noun
The berry or fruit of any of various plants, as the mountain ash and gooseberry.
Webster's New World
Any of these plants.
Webster's New World

A pompous, foolish or self-important official. [from 19th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Dogberry

Noun

Singular:
dogberry
Plural:
dogberries

Origin of Dogberry

  • From Dogberry, the name of a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1600).

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