faisandéadj.

/fɛzɒnˈdeɪ/

Etymology: French: past participle of faisander to hang (game) up until it is high.

Affected, artificial, theatrical; ‘spicy’.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective]

streiche?a1513

fustian1523

nipping1568

fashionative1584

affected1598

affectate1599

affecting1600

snufflinga1640

whalebone1801

stiltish1824

stilty1845

posturing1851

greenery-yallery1881

mee-mawing1886

meemaw1898

faisandé1912

twee1956

nerdy1960

pseud1962

pseudo1964

1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxvii. 306 The more imaginative observer would perceive in the group something unhealthy, something faisandé, an air of too deliberate enjoyment that seemed to imply a perfect knowledge of the limitations of human pleasure.

1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Aug. 664/4 There is nothing faisandé about Irène de Bénauge; her mind is..hard, clear, clean, beneficent and unimaginative.

1958 Observer 1 June 15/1 He plays the part in a faisandé Cockney accent straight out of Bruce Bairnsfather's Old Bill cartoons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	faisandé
释义	faisandéadj. /fɛzɒnˈdeɪ/ Etymology: French: past participle of faisander to hang (game) up until it is high. Affected, artificial, theatrical; ‘spicy’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] streiche?a1513 fustian1523 nipping1568 fashionative1584 affected1598 affectate1599 affecting1600 snufflinga1640 whalebone1801 stiltish1824 stilty1845 posturing1851 greenery-yallery1881 mee-mawing1886 meemaw1898 faisandé1912 twee1956 nerdy1960 pseud1962 pseudo1964 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxvii. 306 The more imaginative observer would perceive in the group something unhealthy, something faisandé, an air of too deliberate enjoyment that seemed to imply a perfect knowledge of the limitations of human pleasure. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Aug. 664/4 There is nothing faisandé about Irène de Bénauge; her mind is..hard, clear, clean, beneficent and unimaginative. 1958 Observer 1 June 15/1 He plays the part in a faisandé Cockney accent straight out of Bruce Bairnsfather's Old Bill cartoons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1912
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