Podsnappianadj.

Brit.

/pɒdˈsnapɪən/, U.S.

/pɑdˈsnæpiən/

Forms: 1800s– Podsnappian, 1900s– Podsnapian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Podsnap , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of John Podsnap (see Podsnap n.) + -ian suffix.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Dickens's Mr Podsnap; complacent, self-satisfied, blinkered.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective]

smug1551

fat1598

self-contented1631

self-pleased1633

self-satisfied1653

self-contenta1656

self-complacent1736

self-gratulating1755

complacent1767

well1773

self-congratulatory1798

comfortable1856

paddy1865

Podsnappian1866

cosy1927

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [adjective]

insulary1642

provincial1755

insular1775

parochialic1848

parochial1856

Podsnappian1866

vestryish1882

parish pump1923

parish-pumpish1968

1866 Galaxy 15 Oct. 373 With Podsnappian dislike of improprieties, they..demand that the very existence of this class of crimes should be ignored in fiction as well as in every-day life.

1905 G. K. Chesterton Heretics 29 None..will accuse the author of the ‘Inferno’ of..a Podsnapian optimism.

1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress vii. 149 As You Like It might be a suitable play..for the Young Person in a Podsnappian sense.

1972 G. S. Fraser in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind II. xi. 401 The solid Podsnappian complacencies and unbudgingnesses of the male.

2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Aug. (Features section) 17 There is a truly Johnsonian (not to say Podsnappian) vein of perversity running through the Hamiltonian canon: only one Scot (Hugh MacDiarmid, harshly treated), only seven women, no poets of colour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	podsnappian
释义	Podsnappianadj. Brit. /pɒdˈsnapɪən/, U.S. /pɑdˈsnæpiən/ Forms: 1800s– Podsnappian, 1900s– Podsnapian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Podsnap , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of John Podsnap (see Podsnap n.) + -ian suffix. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Dickens's Mr Podsnap; complacent, self-satisfied, blinkered. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective] smug1551 fat1598 self-contented1631 self-pleased1633 self-satisfied1653 self-contenta1656 self-complacent1736 self-gratulating1755 complacent1767 well1773 self-congratulatory1798 comfortable1856 paddy1865 Podsnappian1866 cosy1927 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [adjective] insulary1642 provincial1755 insular1775 parochialic1848 parochial1856 Podsnappian1866 vestryish1882 parish pump1923 parish-pumpish1968 1866 Galaxy 15 Oct. 373 With Podsnappian dislike of improprieties, they..demand that the very existence of this class of crimes should be ignored in fiction as well as in every-day life. 1905 G. K. Chesterton Heretics 29 None..will accuse the author of the ‘Inferno’ of..a Podsnapian optimism. 1944 A. Thirkell Headmistress vii. 149 As You Like It might be a suitable play..for the Young Person in a Podsnappian sense. 1972 G. S. Fraser in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind II. xi. 401 The solid Podsnappian complacencies and unbudgingnesses of the male. 2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Aug. (Features section) 17 There is a truly Johnsonian (not to say Podsnappian) vein of perversity running through the Hamiltonian canon: only one Scot (Hugh MacDiarmid, harshly treated), only seven women, no poets of colour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1866
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