单词 | ballyhooed |
释义 | ballyhooedadj. Originally U.S. Extravagantly promoted; vaunted. Frequently with much. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boasted of ybosted1377 bragged1599 self-boasted1599 vaunted1635 boasted1667 touted1895 ballyhooed1919 1919 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Standard Telegram 9 May 10/7 It's a well ballyhooed fact that a camel can't pass through the eye of a needle. 1922 S. H. Clark & W. Campbell Federal Reserve Monster xii. 85 That's what this ballyhooed ‘franchise tax’ amounted to in 1921..—a tax of $59,974,466, which cost $62,890,139 to collect! 1924 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 5 Mar. 18/6 The climax of the story told revolves around Zev and his much ballyhooed visit to European tracks. 1968 Economist 3 Feb. 56/3 The long awaited, much ballyhooed merger. 1993 Sports Illustr. 12 Apr. 23/1 The ballyhooed group of players..were quickly forgotten when Michigan brought in its Fab Five a year later. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1919 |
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