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单词 minikin-finical
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minikin-finical
a. Originally, of a girl or woman: dainty, elegant, sprightly. In later use, applied to both sexes: affected, mincing, or (of a man) effeminate. Also in reduplicated compounds, as minikin-finical, minikin-finikin adjs. Obsolete.In quot. 1545: delicate, having a woman's daintiness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy
minikin1545
mincing1560
miniard1584
finical1592
minic1598
nice-mouthed1618
finitive1640
finicking1661
minical1668
precious1712
précieuse1785
niminy-piminy1786
pershittie1808
miminy-piminy1815
finicky1825
nimpy-pimpy1825
niminy1878
too-tooa1884
piminy1890
précieux1891
piss-elegant1941
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > delicate or dainty
finea1375
dely?c1400
delicate?a1425
minionate1496
minion1528
minion1529
gingerly1534
daintyc1540
minikin1545
daint1590
inconyc1592
minic1598
delicated1605
minical1668
finickingc1749
minionette1749
dinky1788
daintified1834
airy-fairy1837
mignon1837
minny1942
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] > over-refined
minikin1545
porcelaina1643
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 10v The minstrelsie of lutes, pipes, harpes, and all other that standeth by suche nice, fine, minikin fingering..is farre more fitte for the womannishnesse of it to dwell in the courte among ladies.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 9 The credit..of mistris, to minnekin nan.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A daintie lasse, a minnikin smirking wench.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. vi. 1026 Then came up the maner of having at bankets singing miniken wenches, and such as could play upon the dulcimers.
1696 T. Tryon Misc. iv. 121 Fare..such as the Proud Wives and Miniking Daughters would scarce offer to their..Dogs.
1768 I. Bickerstaff Lionel & Clarissa i. iii. 9 A coxcomb, a fop..A minikin, Finiking, French powder-puff.
1871 U. Hawthorne in Passages from French & Ital. Note-bks. of Nathaniel Hawthorne II. 177 I wish I could put into..one sentence the pettiness, the miniken-finical effect of this little man.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 149 Minikin, delicate, effeminate. Frequently used in the phrase, ‘he's a minikin-finikin fellow’.
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