单词 | miss mollyish |
释义 | † Miss Mollyishadj. Obsolete. Effeminate. Cf. Miss Nancyish adj. ΚΠ 1790 A. Seward Let. 3 Nov. (1811) III. 38 Clean, pretty, clever, faithful, sober, home- keeping Thomas has a Miss Mollyish terror of a gun. 1810 E. Weeton Let. 15 Sept. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 300 His hands crossed before him in a Miss Mollyish style, his intended bow half a courtesy. 1854 Littell's Living Age Feb. 319/2 He takes care to prevent your ultimately resolving him into a mawkish or miss-mollyish sentimentalist. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1790 |
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