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单词 cocktailian
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cocktailianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌkɒkˈteɪlɪən/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌteɪljən/, /ˈkɑkˌteɪliən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cocktail n., -ian suffix.
Etymology: < cocktail n. + -ian suffix.
rare before early 21st cent.
A. adj.
1. Designating a class of people who have assumed the rank of gentlemen, although not qualified as such by birth. See cocktail n. 1c. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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1845 C. J. Lever Nuts & Nutcrackers p. viii Every class and section of society seeks to mystify the other... These things..are but poor delusions..and might be left to time, to be laughed at, just like the French war clamour—the O'Connell denunciation—or the Young England discovery of the ‘pure “Cocktailian” race’.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of cocktails or people who mix cocktails.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [adjective]
cocktailian1893
1893 Town Topics 16 Mar. 19/2 You have shown your superiority in everything else, we will have a little..private contest as regards our capacity for cocktailian absorbtion [sic].
1997 Independent on Sunday 27 July (Review Suppl.) 44/2 If you take a glass of Fruit Picker, add a little vodka and a squeeze of lemon juice, you have a perfectly reasonable cocktailian potation.
2003 G. Regan Joy of Mixol. p. xi I have taught the cocktailian craft to many amateurs, as well as to people wanting to become professional bartenders.
2017 @karanewman 2 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Sending this out to the cocktailian crowd in the cheap seats. Do you have a Bad Feminist on your drink menu?
B. n.
A person who is skilled at mixing cocktails, esp. as an occupation; a mixologist. Also: a cocktail enthusiast.
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1919 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 29 Mar. 17/1 A hundred thousand cocktails is a good many, but this man is an earnest cocktailian... Besides, making cocktails is the only polite accomplishment he has.
2003 G. Regan Joy of Mixol. p. xi Before you can be a cocktailian, you must first be a bartender, so I have tried to detail every aspect of the job to point out just how complex a task this is.
2009 New Yorker 9 Nov. 44/2 There were concoctions from new cocktailians (Manhattans made with Luxardo cherries, champagne drinks with absinthe-citrus foam).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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