单词 | petticoated |
释义 | petticoatedadj. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.1708 |
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