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单词 pretty-prettiness
释义 pretty-ˈprettiness
[f. pretty-pretty a. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being pretty-pretty; excess of prettiness.
1901Beerbohm in Sat. Rev. 20 Apr. 500/2 For prettiness—even pretty-prettiness—in the right place I have as great a taste as anyone else.1924‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want i. 26 The coquettish little Cities of the Plain..and their cheap pretty-prettiness of countless hotels.1931Observer 6 Sept. 6/4 The revulsions into Sunday School pretty-prettiness are equally surprising.1945E. Bowen Ivy Gripped Steps in Demon Lover 130 His elder brother's jibes at his pretty-prettiness.1960Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. vi. 165 A culture with a surface polish of utterly refined pretty-prettiness.1965Observer 17 Jan. 28/1 A yearning for the pretty-prettiness of the days when women were women.
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