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单词 chesterfieldian
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Chesterfieldianadj.

Etymology: < proper name Chesterfield + -ian suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: Chesterˈfieldian.
Relating to, or characteristic of, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), a writer on manners and etiquette.
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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.
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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).
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