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greenery-yallery, a. colloq.|ˈgriːnərɪ ˈjælərɪ|
[f. green a. + yaller, vulgar pronunc. of yellow a., with ending -ery repeated to produce a jingling compound.]
Of, pertaining to, or affecting the colours green and yellow, in accordance with the style or fashion of the aesthetic movement of the late nineteenth century; hence, typical of this movement; affected.
1880W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 37 A greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery, Foot-in-the-grave young man. 1886‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did Next (1887) iii. 59 She had chosen a ‘greenery, yallery’ paper for her walls. 1896Amer. Bookman III. 131/1 The greenery-yallery school would have found no disciple in him [sc. Dickens]. 1896Mrs. H. Ward Sir G. Tressady 194 You needn't wear greenery-yallery gowns, you know. 1945E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. 49 Nothing greenery-yallery about her. So gay, so correct, so unaffected. 1956C. Willock Death at Flight ii. 18 Two articles, including the one about the boy artist, dealt with the more greenery-yallery end of the Arts. |