| 单词 | babbitty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈBabbitty ˈBabbitty adj. resembling the character George Babbitt; characterized by people like Babbitt. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [adjective] > Philistine unseasoned1598 Gothish1602 Gothic1695 Vandal1752 beauty-proof1753 bourgeois1764 Philistine1831 palateless1860 philistinic1869 Philistinish1871 Babbitty1925 1925 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 31 May 8/3 He is..a bluffer of the worst sort, ignorant of the developments in his work,..ostentatious, Babbitty, pompous, vain. 1960 L. S. Silk Res. Revol. (1963) v. 100 The 1920s, when everyone joined in a mass attack on American society as cramped, crabbed, bluestockinged, Babbitty, inhibited. 2001 A. Beam Gracefully Insane i. 9 ‘It is very attractive and looks more like a college campus than a mental hospital’, the Babbitty World War II-era director Franklin Wood once boasted. < as lemmas |
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