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well-groomed, ppl. a.
a. lit. of a horse.
1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right xvi, The well⁓groomed, high-conditioned team..plunged at their collars. 1900E. H. Cooper Monk wins vi. 40 Young men in smart riding suits on well-groomed hacks.
b. of persons: Neat and trim, spick and span, with hair, skin, etc. carefully tended.
1886[see well-tailored]. 1889Daily News 9 Dec. 5/5 He had a well-groomed air, though he seemed carelessly dressed. 1907H. Wyndham Flare of Footlights i, Tables crowded with well-groomed men and pretty women.
Hence well-ˈgroomedness.
1902Blackw. Mag. Apr. 553/2 The first thing I observed, when he was shown in, was his well-groomedness. |