greenery-yalleryadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡriːn(ə)rɪˈjal(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌɡrinəriˈjæl(ə)ri/

Forms: 1800s– greenery-yallery, 1800s– greenery-yellery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: green adj., -ery suffix, English yaller , yellow adj., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < green adj. + -ery suffix (compare greenery n.) + yaller, representing a nonstandard pronunciation of yellow adj. + -y suffix¹ (compare yellowy adj.), formed with the intention of producing a rhyming compound (and for purposes of rhyme in quot. 1881).

colloquial.

Of, relating to, or affecting the colours green and yellow, in accordance with the style or fashion of the late 19th cent. Aesthetic Movement; (hence) typical of this movement; affected.

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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

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > specific fashions

pompadour1756

regency1811

Lavallière1873

greenery-yallery1881

empire1887

Régence1891

sporty1895

Gibson1901

Beatle1963

mod1964

the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greenish yellow

melinea1398

gangrenous1794

greenery-yallery1881

1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 35 A greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery, Foot-in-the-grave young man.

1886 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did Next (1887) iii. 59 She had chosen a ‘greenery, yallery’ paper for her walls.

1896 Amer. Bookman 3 131/1 The greenery-yallery school would have found no disciple in him [sc. Dickens].

1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 194 You needn't wear greenery-yallery gowns, you know.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. 49 Nothing greenery-yallery about her. So gay, so correct, so unaffected.

1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. viii. 117 Depicting the myopic poetaster, in a portrait ironically inscribed ‘Poeta Decadente’, as a greenery-yallery aesthete holding a lily.

2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 19 Dec. 27 Their heads full of the greenery-yallery art-for-art's sake bohemian nonsense current in 1895.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greenery-yallery
释义	greenery-yalleryadj. Brit. /ˌɡriːn(ə)rɪˈjal(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌɡrinəriˈjæl(ə)ri/ Forms: 1800s– greenery-yallery, 1800s– greenery-yellery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: green adj., -ery suffix, English yaller , yellow adj., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < green adj. + -ery suffix (compare greenery n.) + yaller, representing a nonstandard pronunciation of yellow adj. + -y suffix¹ (compare yellowy adj.), formed with the intention of producing a rhyming compound (and for purposes of rhyme in quot. 1881). colloquial. Of, relating to, or affecting the colours green and yellow, in accordance with the style or fashion of the late 19th cent. Aesthetic Movement; (hence) typical of this movement; affected. 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 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > specific fashions pompadour1756 regency1811 Lavallière1873 greenery-yallery1881 empire1887 Régence1891 sporty1895 Gibson1901 Beatle1963 mod1964 the world > matter > colour > named colours > yellow or yellowness > [adjective] > greenish yellow melinea1398 gangrenous1794 greenery-yallery1881 1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience ii. 35 A greenery-yallery, Grosvenor Gallery, Foot-in-the-grave young man. 1886 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did Next (1887) iii. 59 She had chosen a ‘greenery, yallery’ paper for her walls. 1896 Amer. Bookman 3 131/1 The greenery-yallery school would have found no disciple in him [sc. Dickens]. 1896 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 194 You needn't wear greenery-yallery gowns, you know. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited ii. 49 Nothing greenery-yallery about her. So gay, so correct, so unaffected. 1991 J. Richardson Life of Picasso I. viii. 117 Depicting the myopic poetaster, in a portrait ironically inscribed ‘Poeta Decadente’, as a greenery-yallery aesthete holding a lily. 2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 19 Dec. 27 Their heads full of the greenery-yallery art-for-art's sake bohemian nonsense current in 1895. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1881
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