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Wooster|ˈwuːstə(r)|
The name of Bertie Wooster, an amiable, vacuous, young man about town in the novels of P. G. Wodehouse, used allusively. Also attrib.
1939Auden & Isherwood Journey to a War i. 44 He was so much more subtle, more intelligent than his cultivated Bertie Wooster drawl. 1960New Statesman 24 Sept. 424/2 Very young men about town..quite amiable in a Bertie Wooster sort of way. 1963R. H. Morrieson Scarecrow (1964) xii. 135 Her husband, the aged Wooster type whom Angela and I had encountered.
Also as v. intr., to behave in the manner of Bertie Wooster; ˈWoosterish a.; ˈWoosterism, a remark or action characteristic of Wooster.
1959Observer 26 Apr. 23/5 Harold..lives in a pretty Woosterish way. 1964Punch 17 June 906/3 Frolicsome nitwits woostering in well-heeled suburbia. 1969Times 5 May 23/3 Dapper, cheerful young men without the disdain of the real Jeeves when provoked by inane Woosterisms. 1978Country Life 14 Dec. 2103/1 A ridiculous pink velvet dog with inane Woosterish eyes. 1979K. Bonfiglioli After you with Pistol xvii. 130 We Woostered away for a while, giggling slightly. Ibid., While we idly bandied these Woosterisms..he slid a scribbling-pad across the desk. 1983Times 17 Oct. 15/4 This show..reducing Olivia to a charm-school hostess, Andrew to a Woosterian silly ass and..Toby to a bar-fly. |