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单词 petticoated
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petticoatedadj.

Brit. /ˈpɛtɪkəʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɛdiˌkoʊdəd/, /ˈpɛdəˌkoʊdəd/
Forms: see petticoat n. and -ed suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: petticoat n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < petticoat n. + -ed suffix2.
1. Wearing a petticoat or petticoats; (hence) female, feminine, emasculated.Frequently with modifying word: see also hoop-petticoated adj. at hoop-petticoat n. Derivatives, under-petticoated adj. at under-petticoat n. Derivatives.
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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]
womanly?c1225
ferbleta1300
effeminatea1393
nicea1393
softc1450
manlessa1529
unmanly1534
cockney1573
effeminated1580
unmanlikea1586
milky1602
enervate1603
womanizing1615
emasculate1622
womanized1624
softly1643
womanlish1647
unmasculine1649
emollid1656
ladylike1656
enervated1660
emasculated1701
petticoated1708
tea-faced1728
effeminized1789
invirile1870
epicene1881
sissyish1889
sissified1898
devirilized1901
cockless1902
camp1909
pansy1929
campy1932
queenly1933
poncy1937
pansyish1941
swishy1941
moffie1954
poofy1956
femme1963
poofed-up1964
minty1965
ponced-up1970
lavender1979
the world > people > person > woman > [adjective]
femalea1382
womanisha1393
faira1450
women's-kinsc1450
feminatea1533
womankind?c1570
womenkind1571
sex1700
mollyish1801
petticoated1824
femme1925
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > wearing underskirt > types of
petticoated1824
hoop-petticoated1837
crinolined1848
hoopeda1854
farthingaled1873
crinoletted1885
1708 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. iv. x. 31 The complementing Monsieur came, and there kiss'd the peticoated Lads with great formality.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 270 Petticoated philosophers, blustering heroines, or virago queens.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 107 Days of every variety of falling weather..too bad to admit the possibility that any petticoated thing..should stir out.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel II. iii. 22 A lady who..was the petticoated image of her admirable ancestor.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. iv. 131 She wanted to make this..School a petticoated Rugby.
1900 Queen Cycling Bk. 1 To see a petticoated woman [cyclist] struggling along on a windy day.
1946 Liberty 1 June 9/1 The heavily corseted, muchly petticoated ladies who used to swoon all over the pages of Victorian literature.
1995 Amer. Hist. Rev. 100 1691/1 Northern views of masculinity,..represented, above all, in the press fun with the fugitive and petticoated Jefferson Davis.
2.
a. Of a piece of furniture: having a petticoat (petticoat n. 6b) or hanging fringe. Now rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > covers or hangings > [adjective] > having hangings > specific type of hangings
arrased1600
orris1609
petticoated1857
1857 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 38/1 This petticoated divan suddenly closing round the painter.
1880 S. Baring-Gould Mehalah I. xii. 236 [His] gilt balcony and petticoated dressing-table.
1921 M. H. Northend Art of Home Decoration ix. 108 The rose flouncing of bedspread of mauve taffeta and similarly petticoated dressing table.
b. Protected by a petticoat insulator. rare.
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1900 Engin. Mag. 19 754/2 They are supported on strong porcelain insulators, triple-petticoated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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