单词 | tartanry |
释义 | tartanryn. Tartan things collectively, esp. worn or displayed as a mark of Scottish national fervour; Scottishness, = Scottishry n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > quality or nationality Scottishness1681 Scotchness1808 Scotchiness1815 Scotsmanship1828 Scottishry1958 tartanry1976 1976 Sunday Times 31 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 73 Tartanry has spread into radio, television, cabaret and clubs with strongholds such as the Rangers Club and La Fabrique in Bo'ness. 1977 D. Daiches Scotl. & Union 192 The whole process of what might be called Balmoralisation, with the associated burgeoning of the tourist trade in tartanry..represented an extraordinary distortion of the history of Scottish culture. 1985 L. Lochhead True Confessions 57 The performers in their borrowed tartanry had an almost manic energy. 1989 Listener 4 May 34/4 A special feature for Glasgow's Mayfest..the inner-urban company that's eschewed tartanry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1976 |
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