单词 | chesterfieldian |
释义 | Chesterfieldianadj. Relating to, or characteristic of, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), a writer on manners and etiquette. ΚΠ 1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xxxi. 291 All the Chesterfieldian indecorums of laughter. 1885 Homilet. Rev. June 545 We are not pleading..for Chesterfieldian etiquette. Derivatives ˈChesterfieldism n. ΚΠ 1830 Gentleman's Mag. C. ii. 135 Business is not regulated by Chesterfieldism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1777 |
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