Adjective
Partridgean (comparative more Partridgean, superlative most Partridgean)
(UK, Ireland) Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity.
Partridgean (comparative more Partridgean, superlative most Partridgean)
(derogatory, of lexicographical work) In the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894–1979).