superfineryn.
/ˌsuːpəˈfʌɪnəri/, /ˌsjuːpəˈfʌɪnəri/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈfaɪnəri/ A luxurious object or item of clothing; highly elegant or showy apparel. Also: an excessive refinement.In quot. 2001 with allusion to superfine wool (see superfine adj. 4).
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1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 211/1 Without straining to reach the ἀκριβοδίκαιον of those Super-fineries, which ill-employ'd Wits have teem'd and spawn'd amongst us.
1842 Q. Rev. Sept. 217/1 The delicacies, and subtleties, and super-fineries of so many mysterious passions.
1867 J. Morison Australia iv. 127 They could not believe that he meant them to divest themselves of their superfinery and go into the dirty pool amongst the men.
1919 C. H. Fort Bk. Damned xii. 156 Fortunes made in selling us cast-off super-fineries, which we'd take to like an African chief to some one's old silk hat from New York or London.
2001 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 6 Jan. (headline) In all her superfinery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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