单词 | quakerishness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈQuakerishness ˈQuakerishness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [noun] > quality Quakerishness1785 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life (ed. 2) I. xiv. 80 Deceived..by the Quakerishness of my dress, (excuse the new coined word). 1880 St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald 28 Aug. 1/3 A little of the Quakerishness of dress now permissable, however unbecoming it may be to some figures, is never out of place on a small woman. 1949 H. P. Vincent Trying-out of Moby-Dick iii. 87 Obed Macy, for instance, had stressed the universal Quakerishness of the island, a characteristic so pervasive, appearing in clothes and speech, that even Ishmael was affected by it. < as lemmas |
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