单词 | perfect lady |
释义 | > as lemmasperfect lady a. Of a specified type of person, as a courtier, wife, friend, etc.: complete, thorough; that may serve as a specimen or type; exemplary. Frequently in perfect gentleman, perfect lady. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > that is completely what is specified perfectc1387 just?1537 full-fledged1579 thorough1719 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] > accurately so named rightOE verya1300 verya1387 perfectc1387 propera1398 veritable1483 real?1505 dinkum1914 society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [noun] > man perfect gentleman1856 white man1883 c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 72 He was a verray, parfit [v.rr. perfit, perfite, perfiȝt], gentil knyght. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 233 (MED) Samaritanys..weren not perfite and ful Iewis, neither thei were perfite and ful hethen. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xv Made hym as he surely coniectured his perfite frende, where in deede he was inwardly his dedly enemie. 1614 in T. Overbury et al. Wife now Widdow Newes of my Morning Worke sig. H2v The deuill is the perfectest Courtier. 1700 M. Pix Beau Defeated ii. 8 You know my Master's Elder Brother, is a perfect Squire. 1758 D. Garrick Gamesters iv. 49 He is a perfect knight errant, the very George for St. England! 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 15 A perfect Woman; nobly plann'd, To warn, to comfort, and command. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxxii. 17 In short, he was a perfect cavaliero, And to his very valet seem'd a hero. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxiii. 245 Her instinct showed her that she was talking to a man of high ability. A perfect gentleman she saw him to be. 1903 G. B. Shaw Revolutionist's Handbk. i, in Man & Superman 182 This..is a great advance on the popular demand for a perfect gentleman and a perfect lady. 1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West i. 25 You'll like the Fletchers—Hermia is a wonder, the perfect wife. 1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter iii. 320 All perfect ladies..eat messily, don't they? 2003 Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 27 July 11b Seven-year-old Sarah is, as always, the perfect lady around the family but suspicious..about most visitors. < as lemmas |
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