释义 |
swellism colloq.|ˈswɛlɪz(ə)m| [f. swell n. 9 + -ism.] The character, style, or practice of a ‘swell’.
1840Tait's Mag. VII. 796/2 The only point of swellism which the Lord Advocate usually lacks, is white kids. 1870M. Bridgman R. Lynne II. ix. 188 Selwyn would be..contemptuous of Blake's swellism. |