| 单词 | pruney and prismatic |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspruney and prismatic (or prismy) 1. Prim; affected. Originally in pruney and prismatic (or prismy): = prunes and prismy adj. at prune n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper moy1487 strait-laced1554 mima1586 prim1702 prick-eared1707 prudish1717 priggish1731 primsy1786 trig1793 missish1795 missy1805 pershittie1808 missyish1818 missy-like1831 primmy1857 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 antiseptic1891 blue-nosed1893 prissy1894 Nice Nelly1922 prissified1923 prunes and prismy1931 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > affected or mincing finitive1640 pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857 prunish1877 plummy1881 prunes-and-prism1888 prunes and prismy1931 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xix. 486 Notwithstanding what may be called in these pages the Pruney and Prismatic nature of the family banquet, Mr. Dorrit several times fell asleep while it was in progress. 1940 G. D. H. Cole & M. Cole Counterpoint Murder v. 50 She's forty if she's a day, and all pruny and prismy. 1961 A. Ansen Disorderly Houses 5 No pruny tight-lipped ungenerous dunce Can purse away our smiles, our giggles, our jovial puns. 2003 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 5 May 1 While his elderly peers were taking their tea and watercress sandwiches at the India House, a private luncheon club full of pruney British types. < as lemmas |
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