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单词 man-millinery
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man-millineryn.

Brit. /ˌmanˈmɪlᵻn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌmænˈmɪləˌnɛri/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: man n.1, millinery n.
Etymology: < man n.1 + millinery n., after man-milliner n.
Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. depreciative.
Male preoccupation with matters of clothing or costume to an extent considered excessive or unnecessary; (also) ostentatious or extravagant male costume. In extended use: any male interest or preoccupation considered pompous or trivial.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other
disguise1340
disguisingc1386
shiftc1570
French cut1606
knaverya1616
small clothes1625
small storesa1643
nugging-dress1699
kilting1721
fancy dress1770
under-habit1772
man-millinery1790
sheen1802
costume1818
ingubu1833
bedizenment1837
tat1839
extravaganza1860
rational dress1873
rubber1876
pearly1890
new look1920
collection1921
Daks1933
smart casual1943
separates1945
trapeze1958
Carnaby Street1965
haute boutique1966
kinderwhore1994
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible > specific things
man-millinery1790
1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks IV. xiv. 189 The business of man-midwifery, man-millinery, and every other business which unnecessarily brings men to fiddle-faddle about women.
1819 W. Scott Let. 22 Aug. (1933) V. 467 There goes as much to the man-millinery of a young officer of hussars as to that of an heiress on her bridal day.
1846 Ecclesiologist 5 31 Those who..call the ecclesiological movement ‘manmillinery’.
1890 Catholic World Mar. 740 Mr. Ryan..appeared unadorned..arrayed in true republican simplicity, and doubtless amusing himself at these articles of man-millinery and monarchical gauds.
1912 E. Martyn Grangecolman i. 6 Miss Farquhar. Then you take no interest in heraldry? Catharine. No, nor in genealogy, nor in any other such man-millinery or old rubbish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

man-millineryadj.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: man-milliner n., -y suffix1; man-millinery n.
Etymology: Either < man-milliner n. + -y suffix1, or < man-millinery n.
Obsolete. rare.
Suggestive of male vanity or pomposity.
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1815 L. Hunt in Examiner 12 Feb. 106/2 Sinclair (though the phrase is rather man-millinery) is a pretty singer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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