单词 | lincolnesque |
释义 | Lincolnesqueadj. Resembling or having the qualities of Abraham Lincoln. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > characteristic of specific famous person Wellingtonian1813 Lincolnian1910 Lincolnesque1923 1923 Public Opinion 15 June 565/3 That is Lincolnesque in its homeliness. 1962 E. Ames Daughter of House (1963) i. i. 30 The two long Lincolnesque furrows of the cheeks. 1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 9 Apr. in White House Diary (1970) 659 The star of that day was Hector Legge, of Dublin, Ireland, ‘Dean’ of the traveling journalists, a towering figure..with a Lincolnesque face. Derivatives Lincolnian adj. /lɪŋˈkəʊnɪən/ ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective] > characteristic of specific famous person Wellingtonian1813 Lincolnian1910 Lincolnesque1923 1910 H. P. Willis Stephen A. Douglas xiii. 283 A characteristic Lincolnian anecdote which the speaker applied to the repetition of the ‘state fraud’ of the Springfield resolutions. 1963 Economist 20 July 257/2 The [Republican] party's Lincolnian heritage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1910 |
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