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单词 peter-pannery
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Peter-Panneryn.

Brit. /ˌpiːtə ˈpan(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌpidər ˈpænəri/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Peter Pan , -ery suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Peter Pan (see Peter Pan n.) + -ery suffix. Compare Peter Panning n.
Immaturity, childishness; behaviour characteristic of a Peter Pan.
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the world > people > person > adult > [noun] > immaturity in adult
Peter-Pannery1919
Peter Panishness1928
Peter Panic1934
1919 T. M. Rendle Swings & Roundabouts xi. 133 The ‘great little Tilley’—daughter of a comedian named Harry Ball on the stage and Powles in private life—is a remarkable instance of Peter Pan-nery.
1934 Landmark Sept. 460 ‘Babbitt’ questioned the ideals and integrity of the business world, and painted the tiresome peterpannery of the business man.
1960 Spectator 2 Sept. 345 An occasional embarrassing lapse into peter-pannery.
1962 John o' London's 2 Aug. 115/3 General air of Peter Pannery.
1988 Financial Times (Nexis) 25 Apr. 21 The Peter-Pannery at the heart of the part eludes her. Like Amanda and Elvira, Larita is a child at heart.
1995 D. Kiberd Inventing Ireland (1996) vi. 113 The poem may indeed be a critique of the misuse of the child image in certain forms of Celticism and Peter Pannery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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