单词 | gaminess |
释义 | > as lemmasˈgaminess ˈgaminess n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > infamy or notoriety > [noun] > scandal or disrepute gaminess1854 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] inhonesty1481 scandal1622 nastiness1650 fulsomeness1684 indecency1692 impropriety1751 blue1824 paw-pawness1828 blueness1833 gaminess1854 suggestiveness1888 purple1930 1854 E. S. Dixon in Househ. Words 11 Nov. 309/2 The very house-doors manifest the gaminess of Raisinland, by hanging out inviting bell-pulls made of roe-deer's feet and ankles. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 111/1 Gaminess, the malodorousness proceeding from decay and—by implication—filthiness. 1987 R. Ellmann Oscar Wilde v. 135 Charmides' love for a statue and the nymph's for a corpse, lend the poem a certain gaminess. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Apr. (Travel section) 11/2 Tender wild boar in ‘dolceforte’ is a harmonious blend of sweetness and pungent gaminess. < as lemmas |
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