单词 | dash, streak of lavender |
释义 | > as lemmasdash, streak of lavender figurative. Effeminacy; homosexuality or homosexual tendencies; esp. in dash, streak of lavender. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] effeminateness1558 effeminacy1571 gingerliness1583 mollitude1599 mollities1604 invirility1628 femality?1643 womanlishness1648 feminity1669 ladyness1671 Miss Mollyism1834 femininity1855 Miss Nancyism1860 sissiness1892 camp1909 sissification1910 camping1922 lavender1929 1929 C. Porter I'm a Gigolo (song) I'm a famous gigolo, And of lavender, my nature's got just a dash in it. 1931 G. Fowler Great Mouthpiece ix. 99 (heading) An allegation in lavender. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 115/2 Streak of lavender, an effeminate man; a sissy. 1941 G. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants II. App. vii. 1170 There are said to be ‘seven recognized stages of homosexuality, from ga-ga to the “deeper tones” of lavender’. 1972 B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 124 Your trip to Tijuana certainly brought out your deeper tones of lavender. 1992 New Republic 4 May 26/3 Rick is so hard-boiled that any touch of lavender is wiped away. < as lemmas |
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