WitwoldA Sir Jerry Witwold. A pert, talkative coxcomb, vain of a little learning; one who swims with the stream of popular opinion, and gives his judgment on men and books as if he were Sir Oracle. A great pretender to virtue and modesty, like Mr. Pecksniff, but always nosing out smut and obscenity, which he retails with virtuous indignation. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Witwold from Infoplease:
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