fussbudgetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• fuss-budget

発音

• IPA: /ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/

名詞

fussbudget (plural fussbudgets)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Canada, US) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

   Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.

   • 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:

     The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?

同意語

• fussbutton
• fusspot

派生語