单词 | dykey |
释义 | dykeyadj. colloquial (originally U.S.). Chiefly derogatory and offensive. Regarded as resembling or characteristic of a lesbian; describing a woman whose appearance, behaviour, or identity are characterized or stereotyped as somewhat masculine. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [adjective] > homosexual > specifically of women Sapphic1761 lesbian?1770 lesbic1892 bull-dyking1928 dykea1934 dykey1956 lezzie1966 girl-on-girl1984 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ii. 36 If it hadn't been for this nice dikey matron, I don't know if I would have made it. 1962 P. Roth Letting Go iii. ii. 192 ‘There's something about the sight of you shaving your legs in the bathtub that I think has a deleterious effect on her..’. ‘You think she tends to be a little dykey?’ 1969 ‘J. Morris’ Fever Grass ix. 83 Helen's gone dikey in her old age. 2007 Independent on Sunday 28 Oct. 37/1 This tweed-skirted dykey sort of woman, short-cropped hair, comes and says: [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1956 |
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