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单词 raise-velvet
释义

raise-velvetadj.

Forms: 1600s raise-veluet.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: raise v.2, velvet n.
Etymology: < raise v.2 + velvet n., after raised velvet (see raised adj.2 1).
Obsolete. rare.
Exaggeratedly and affectedly elegant.
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1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. Cv This is one of those changeable Silke gallants, who..chew between their teeth terrible words, as..Caprichious, and Misprizian, and the Sintheresis, of the soule, and such like raise-veluet tearmes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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