| 单词 | gingerbready |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgingerbready ˈgingerbready adj. (a) of, relating to, or reminiscent of gingerbread in respect of taste, smell, appearance, etc.; (b) (esp. of a building or other structure) elaborately decorated or ornamented; showy, superficially attractive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] > tawdry tinsel1595 gingerbread1631 tawdry1676 frippish1787 tinselly1811 specious1816 gingerbready1845 foofaraw1848 twopence coloured1859 tarty1918 tartish1929 tatty1940 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [adjective] > gingerbread gingerbready1845 1845 Hood's Mag. June 546 Manner, both in touch and the gingerbready-colour-hues, become fatal destroyers of the elevated landscape. 1867 J. L. Motley Let. 19 Sept. in Corr. (1889) II. viii. 292 But it is altogether too smart, gilt gingerbready, for my taste. 1881 C. Whitehead Hops 70 The peculiar sweet gingerbready smell. 1883 World 3 Oct. 14/1 A monument to the Duke, which is the most gingerbready and rococo thing in Europe. 1915 H. H. Peerless Diary 11 July in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 199 It has a frontage of over 400 feet, but I was not impressed; it looked tawdry and gingerbready. 1944 Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) 7 July 8/3 Children and grown-ups who enjoy the gingerbready softness of molasses cookies will like Molasses Hermits. 1971 Life 16 July 44/1 The summer people who go there now are amused by the gingerbready hotels. 2006 N. Plakcy & S. Sakson Paws & Reflect 217 My brother's house in Vermont was this cute, gingerbready, Victorian, little-town thing. < as lemmas |
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