ninetyishadj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪntɪɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪn(t)iɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ninety adj., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < either ninety adj. or ninety n. + -ish suffix¹.

1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the 1890s; resembling or recalling the fashions, etc., of that period. Cf. fin de siècle adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years

quattrocento1855

twelfth-century1867

fin de siècle1890

seventies1901

ninetyish1909

dix-huitième1920

nineties1933

twentyish1940

thirtyish1962

1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 2/2 What the Standard had hoped was that ‘there might be a return to the rule of the 'nineties, when the seat was won or lost by a margin between two and five hundred votes’. Certainly there is nothing ninety-ish about Saturday's figures.

1918 E. Marsh Rupert Brooke 13 He entertained a culte..for the literature that is now called ‘ninetyish’—Pater, Wilde and Dowson.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 327/4 Thus ‘Proteus’ in the New Statesman describes me as ‘engagingly ninety-ish’.

1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats iv. 66 He ceased to be ‘ninetyish’ with the Nineties.

1973 Guardian 28 Mar. 10/1 Firbank seemed negligible..his fictions artificial, naughty and Ninetyish.

2. Of about ninety (in age, measurement, etc.).

ΚΠ

1981 Time (Nexis) 30 Nov. 61 Enid Markey, ninetyish, multifaceted actress who played the first Jane in Tarzan.

1991 J. Pardoe How Many Times can you say Goodbye (BNC) 66 I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this when my parents are ninetyish.

1995 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 18 Feb. 1 a Among them is Florence Bingham, the ninetyish former curator of the historical society.

Derivatives

ˈninetyishness n. rare the quality of being ninetyish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years > fin de siècle > spirit of

fin-de-sièclism1890

ninetyism1941

ninetyishness1959

1959 Times 13 Feb. 13/4 Consider the subjects, or titles, of Verklärte Nacht, Pierrot Lunaire, Wozzeck, Lulu, all in varying measure products of a decadent romanticism, ranging from ‘ninetyishness’ to post-Freudian psychopathology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ninetyish
释义	ninetyishadj. Brit. /ˈnʌɪntɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnaɪn(t)iɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ninety adj., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < either ninety adj. or ninety n. + -ish suffix¹. 1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the 1890s; resembling or recalling the fashions, etc., of that period. Cf. fin de siècle adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 2/2 What the Standard had hoped was that ‘there might be a return to the rule of the 'nineties, when the seat was won or lost by a margin between two and five hundred votes’. Certainly there is nothing ninety-ish about Saturday's figures. 1918 E. Marsh Rupert Brooke 13 He entertained a culte..for the literature that is now called ‘ninetyish’—Pater, Wilde and Dowson. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 327/4 Thus ‘Proteus’ in the New Statesman describes me as ‘engagingly ninety-ish’. 1941 L. MacNeice Poetry of Yeats iv. 66 He ceased to be ‘ninetyish’ with the Nineties. 1973 Guardian 28 Mar. 10/1 Firbank seemed negligible..his fictions artificial, naughty and Ninetyish. 2. Of about ninety (in age, measurement, etc.). ΚΠ 1981 Time (Nexis) 30 Nov. 61 Enid Markey, ninetyish, multifaceted actress who played the first Jane in Tarzan. 1991 J. Pardoe How Many Times can you say Goodbye (BNC) 66 I am not expecting my parents to be reaching the end of their life when they are fortyish but I am likely to be expecting this when my parents are ninetyish. 1995 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 18 Feb. 1 a Among them is Florence Bingham, the ninetyish former curator of the historical society. Derivatives ˈninetyishness n. rare the quality of being ninetyish. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > specific centuries, decades, or years > fin de siècle > spirit of fin-de-sièclism1890 ninetyism1941 ninetyishness1959 1959 Times 13 Feb. 13/4 Consider the subjects, or titles, of Verklärte Nacht, Pierrot Lunaire, Wozzeck, Lulu, all in varying measure products of a decadent romanticism, ranging from ‘ninetyishness’ to post-Freudian psychopathology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909
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