muckety-muckとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Either a variant of muckamuck (the short form of high muckamuck), or a shortening of high muckety-muck.^[1] See the entry muckamuck.

名詞

muckety muck (複数形 muckety mucks)

1. (US, colloquial) A high muckamuck; a person (especially self-important) in a position of power, authority, or status. [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:important person

   • 2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word, Vintage 2018, p. 88:

     Consequently, there have been times when the muckety-mucks at Merriam-Webster have requested that we all mark every third or fifth word in at least one source just to fill our files with words that would not usually catch our eye.

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