单词 | man-millinery |
释义 | man-millineryn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Obsolete. rare. Suggestive of male vanity or pomposity. ΚΠ 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). < n.1790adj.1815 |
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