单词 | orchidized |
释义 | orchidizedadj.1 Desexed. ΚΠ 1919 R. Firbank Valmouth viii. 132 Her old orchidised face, less spiritualised than orchidised by the convent walls. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 404 Jesified orchidised polycimical jesuit! 1996 Canad. Rev. Compar. Lit. 23 451 The orchidized insect's insight is the insight of one who has read and who is being read. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). orchidizedadj.2 rare. Resembling an orchid; as exotic as an orchid. ΚΠ 1932 ‘R. Worthington’ Women with Nets 79 Her beauty had been more striking then, less stylized. Now she was a decadent perfection of the exciting peasant woman, artificial, orchidised, and more genteelly fascinating. 'She's like the white angel of all evil', Julian said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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