Poloʹnius
.An old courtier, garrulous, conceited, and politic. He was father of Ophoʹlia, and lord chamberlain to the king of Denmark. (Shakespeare: Hamlet.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.