单词 | queen anneish |
释义 | Queen Anneishadj. Of a building, piece of architecture, etc.: suggestive of, or designed in, a Queen Anne style. Cf. Queen Anne n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > 17th century-mid 19th century > [adjective] > other styles of 17-mid 19th century rococo1840 Louis Quatorze1855 Louis Quinze1875 colonial1886 Louis Seize1892 Louis Treize1892 Queen Anneish1926 Directoire1942 1881 F. Caddy Lares & Penates vii. 134 We sallied forth in quest of a picturesque house, for we had proclivities : it must be Queen Annish at least, if not Elizabethan. 1894 Daily News 4 Jan. 4/7 Some huge pile of building, generally much more Queen Anne-ish than the houses of Queen Anne's own time. 1926 Spectator 24 July 154/2 Gradually Queen-Annish cornices began to creep in. 1975 Country Life 9 Oct. 909/1 The Queen Anne-ish windows fill the room with light. 2005 Independent (Nexis) 27 July 4 I had been looking for the quintessential country house, something ‘Queen Anne-ish’ on a hilltop with about 20 acres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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