a humorousmiddle aged female character invented and performed by the male Australian comedian Barry Humphries. Her full name is 'Dame Edna Everage', and she wears unusual, brightly decorated clothes and glasses, and thinks that she is very attractive, amusing, and intelligent.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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