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keepsake|ˈkiːpseɪk|
[f. keep v. + sake: cf. namesake.]
a. Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of, or in remembrance of, the giver. spec. the name given to certain literary annuals consisting of collections of verse, prose, and illustrations, common in the early part of the nineteenth century; so called as being designed for gifts.
1790F. Burney Diary Apr., She sent me a little neat pocket volume, which I accept..as just the keepsake [etc.]. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxvi, A beautiful new sequin, that Ludovico gave me for a keepsake. 1861Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 587 She pulls out a pair of scissors, and cuts out a patch as a keepsake. 1862Thornbury Turner I. 249 About 1824, the frivolous keepsake mania..gave an impetus to modern art. Keepsakes are said to have originated in an idea suggested by Mr. Alaric Watts. 1885R. Buchanan Annan Water iv, Take the money and buy yourself a keepsake to remind you of me.
b. attrib.; spec. Having the inane prettiness of faces depicted in a keepsake volume; having the namby-pamby literary style of such books.
1839Thackeray in Corsair (N.Y.) 26 Oct. 522/1 A book on Versailles with numerous engravings in the Keepsake fashion. 1848(title) Keepsake Gift Book of Tales and Poetry. 1895H. Aïdé Elizabeth's Pretenders 199 With the faintest touch of rouge..and her keepsake air, she felt herself to be irresistible. 1898Daily Chron. 8 Oct. 4/7 ‘Eyes raised towards heaven are always fine eyes’ may have a sort of ‘keepsake’ prettiness, but is really not common sense.
Hence ˈkeepsaky a., of the style of the compositions or illustrations in a keepsake volume.
1871Geo. Eliot in Cross Life III. 145 That keepsakey, impossible face which Maclise gave him [Dickens]. 1891Daily News 26 Dec. 3/1 The more smooth and keepsaky style [of illustration]. |