单词 | peter-pannery |
释义 | Peter-Panneryn. Immaturity, childishness; behaviour characteristic of a Peter Pan. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1919 |
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