The which means "particular person in charge of some general public function or responsibility" was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested in English in 1533 by way of the Old French oficial. The informal term officialese, the jargon of "officialdom", was initial recorded in 1884. Roman antiquity[edit] https://edgarsywrj.onesmablog.com/article-under-review-66651745