释义 |
ˈpuffatory, a. nonce-wd. [f. puff v., after such words as laudatory.] Having the quality of ‘puffing’, or of a ‘puff’: see puff v. 6, n. 7.
1823Blackw. Mag. XIV. 85 Used as a peg to hang a note⁓puffatory upon. 1854G. Gilfillan in Watson Lett. & Jrnls. (1892) 395 Authors are better of seeing all reviews, unless the helplessly puffatory or malignantly abusive. |