释义 |
fineish, a.|ˈfaɪnɪʃ| Also 6–9 finish, 7 fynish. [f. fine a. + -ish.] †a. Affecting refinement, fastidious (obs.). b. Somewhat fine, in various senses of that word.
1583Stanyhurst æneis, etc. (Arb.) 145 Tyndarus.. Would needs bee finish, with bitter frumperye taunting. a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxx. (1640) 103 An idle, coy, finish maide is so much the more disdained of wise persons. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 86, I have here and there taken a few finish stitches. 1650B. Discolliminium 48 My habit is somwhat fynish as other Gentlemen are. 1832Miss Mitford Village Ser. v. (1863) 344 A fineish girl. 1867Carlyle Remin. (1881) II. 165 He was the leanest of mankind..face and head fineish..and of a Jew type rather. |