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单词 nancified
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nancifiedadj.

Brit. /ˈnansᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈnænsəˌfaɪd/
Forms: 1900s– nancified, 1900s– nancyfied.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nancy n., -ified suffix.
Etymology: < nancy n. + -ified suffix. Compare earlier Miss Nancyfied adj.
slang (derogatory).
Of a man: effeminate. Of a thing: effete, artificial; fussily over-elaborated. Also in extended use.
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womanlike1440
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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).
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