antimacassarn.

/ˌæntɪməˈkæsə(r)/

Etymology: < anti- prefix¹ 3b + macassar, proprietary name of a kind of hair-oil.

a. A covering thrown over cushions, sofas, chairs, etc. to protect them from grease in the hair, or other soiling, or merely as an ornament.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture > for seat

banker?c1350

dosser1379

doss1475

dorsea1524

dossal1658

tidy1850

antimacassar1852

chair-back1858

sofa-back1878

1852 Lady's Newsp. XI. 36 Anti-maccassar Materials..crochet cotton..or pink and drab crochet twine.

1859 All Year Round 11 June 157 The anti-Macassar on the arm-chair.

1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 281 To sit alone by the fireside, and work antimacassars in crewels.

b. transf. Applied attrib. to that which is typical of the period (chiefly the 19th cent.) when antimacassars were in general use.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]

pope-holya1387

Pharisaical1527

as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530

hypocritish1531

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

horse-holy?1589

sanctified1604

Pharisee-like1611

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

lip-holy1624

Bible-bearing1625

canting1663

unctuous1742

pietistical1753

pietical1782

goody-goody1785

goody1808

Sunday school1817

Pecksniffian1844

goodyish1848

goody-good1851

devil-dodging?1861

pietic1865

mawwormish1883

pietistic1884

mawwormy1885

pi1891

pietose1893

holier-than-thou1912

antimacassar1913

holy1958

1913 Eng. Rev. Feb. 482 The Libraries..are largely swayed by the letters they receive, generally from old ladies (worthy, antimacassar people), who regard art with pious misgivings and..spend part of their leisure in denouncing it.

1938 Scrutiny VII. 397 Antimacassar evangelicanism and Sunday-school sanctimoniousness.

Derivatives

ˌantimaˈcassared adj. [-ed suffix²] covered or adorned with an antimacassar. Also transf. (see b).

ΚΠ

1907 A. Bennett Grim Smile of Five Towns 56 Seated in the antimacassared arm-chair.

1914 Times 13 May 11/5 The antimacassared ease of early Victorian times may have been too much of a good thing, but that was better than the excesses of the modern athletic girl.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vii. 137 A horse-hair antimacassar-ed sofa.

1928 Daily Express 31 July 8/3 The antimacassared chairs, the horse-hair sofa, and the picture of Queen Victoria's jubilee.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	antimacassar
释义	antimacassarn. /ˌæntɪməˈkæsə(r)/ Etymology: < anti- prefix¹ 3b + macassar, proprietary name of a kind of hair-oil. a. A covering thrown over cushions, sofas, chairs, etc. to protect them from grease in the hair, or other soiling, or merely as an ornament. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [noun] > cover for furniture > for seat banker?c1350 dosser1379 doss1475 dorsea1524 dossal1658 tidy1850 antimacassar1852 chair-back1858 sofa-back1878 1852 Lady's Newsp. XI. 36 Anti-maccassar Materials..crochet cotton..or pink and drab crochet twine. 1859 All Year Round 11 June 157 The anti-Macassar on the arm-chair. 1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 281 To sit alone by the fireside, and work antimacassars in crewels. b. transf. Applied attrib. to that which is typical of the period (chiefly the 19th cent.) when antimacassars were in general use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective] pope-holya1387 Pharisaical1527 as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530 hypocritish1531 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 horse-holy?1589 sanctified1604 Pharisee-like1611 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 lip-holy1624 Bible-bearing1625 canting1663 unctuous1742 pietistical1753 pietical1782 goody-goody1785 goody1808 Sunday school1817 Pecksniffian1844 goodyish1848 goody-good1851 devil-dodging?1861 pietic1865 mawwormish1883 pietistic1884 mawwormy1885 pi1891 pietose1893 holier-than-thou1912 antimacassar1913 holy1958 1913 Eng. Rev. Feb. 482 The Libraries..are largely swayed by the letters they receive, generally from old ladies (worthy, antimacassar people), who regard art with pious misgivings and..spend part of their leisure in denouncing it. 1938 Scrutiny VII. 397 Antimacassar evangelicanism and Sunday-school sanctimoniousness. Derivatives ˌantimaˈcassared adj. [-ed suffix²] covered or adorned with an antimacassar. Also transf. (see b). ΚΠ 1907 A. Bennett Grim Smile of Five Towns 56 Seated in the antimacassared arm-chair. 1914 Times 13 May 11/5 The antimacassared ease of early Victorian times may have been too much of a good thing, but that was better than the excesses of the modern athletic girl. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vii. 137 A horse-hair antimacassar-ed sofa. 1928 Daily Express 31 July 8/3 The antimacassared chairs, the horse-hair sofa, and the picture of Queen Victoria's jubilee. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1852
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