| 单词 | colonel blimpish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasColonel Blimpish Characteristic or reminiscent of Colonel Blimp (see blimp n.2); esp. pompous and reactionary. Also more fully Colonel Blimpish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > dislike of change, reaction > [adjective] retrograde?1518 hidebound1603 tradition-bound1660 tradition-loving1660 tradition-ridden1660 mumpsimus1680 stickfast1803 arriéré1814 stick-in-the-mud1832 reactive1836 reactionary1847 reactionist1848 misoneistic1891 red-necked1896 Blimpian1935 blimpish1938 redneck1938 1938 Times of India 1 July 6/7 Another Swift was born, Whose mission was to be a thorn In Blimpish flesh. 1938 New Statesman 5 Nov. 715/2 The modern clothes Hamlet at the Old Vic has excited a lot of Blimpish indignation. 1973 R. Allen Sorts iii. 22 His entire being was geared to destroying this scum that blighted his Colonel Blimpish Britain. 1988 P. Craig Elizabeth Bowen v. 80 A stout, red-faced, rather blimpish person with a walrus moustache. 2012 Australian (Nexis) 31 Dec. (Sport section) 19 [His] reputation for hot-headedness earned him the mistrust of a blimpish establishment. < as lemmas |
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