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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French brimborion, from Ecclesiastical Latin breviārium (“breviary”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Brimborium n (strong, genitive Brimboriums, no plural)
- (colloquial, derogatory) fuss
- Synonyms: Aufheben, Rummel, Gedöns, Trara
- ein großes Brimborium um etwas machen ― to make a fuss about something
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Straße”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil:Als wenn ihr erst herauf, herum, / Durch allerley Brimborium, / Das Püppchen geknetet und zugericht’t / Wie’s lehret manche welsche Geschicht’.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2012, Andrea Schimbeno, Das Bewerbungsgespräch für Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:Erzählt jemand dagegen laut und mit viel Brimborium über sich, wird der bestimmt versuchen, die Diskussion an sich zu reißen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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