单词 | nancified |
释义 | nancifiedadj. slang (derogatory). Of a man: effeminate. Of a thing: effete, artificial; fussily over-elaborated. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > effeminate man womanisha1393 womanlike1440 feminatea1533 effeminate1549 womanlike1565 cockney1573 feminine1614 androgynous1628 muliebrious1652 petit maître1729 Miss Nancyish1855 gynaecomorphous1865 gynandrous1878 girly-girly1882 nancified1901 wimbly-wambly1929 tapette1930 queeny1936 female1940 poofed-up1964 pansy-ass1976 wussy1977 effete1981 1901 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Republican 23 June 5/7 The people speak right out aloud In great Chicago town. They don't act Nancified or proud In great Chicago town. 1918 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett i. iv. 123 If you can let that nancified milksop mess you about, you can put up with me. 1937 Times 25 Jan. 37/2 That nancyfied nonentity in the Foreign Office. 1967 K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman ii. 58 Beautiful smooth dark rum, not like that nancified white stuff you poms put in your cokes. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! v. 31 Close by the nancyfied spruce..was a merry little jackanape with a face as red and as hearty as a good-going stove. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1901 |
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