单词 | lady air |
释义 | > as lemmaslady air lady air n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] pensifulnessc1450 affectation1548 affection1570 affectedness1622 lady aira1637 fastuousness1649 gentility1650 fastuosity1656 vapouring1656 flatulency1662 hoity-toity1668 pretendingness1701 with an air1701 pretension1706 flatulence1711 uppishness1716 high and mightiness1771 pensieness1825 fine-gentlemanism1831 pretentiousness1838 ambitiousness1845 stuckupishness1853 pretensiveness1859 notion1866 side1870 dog1871 hoity-toityism1881 superiority complex1921 snootiness1932 uppitiness1935 snottiness1973 snoot1984 swag2002 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxxiv. ix. 164 in Wks. (1640) III She had a mind as calme, as she was faire; Not tost or troubled with light Lady-aire. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xv. 66 What, I say, had I to do, to take upon me Lady-Airs, and resent? 1867 Ladies' Repository Sept. 546/2 She thinks that a girl that works out is nobody; so she puts on her finery and lady airs to prove the contrary. 1932 R. Macauley Shadow Flies ii. 181 In Cambridge a sedater, more lady air was apt; unless she was careful, she would discredit her brother Giles, and be considered a romp. < as lemmas |
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