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单词 toryish
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Toryishadj.

Brit. /ˈtɔːrɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈtɔriɪʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Tory n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < Tory n. + -ish suffix1. Compare slightly earlier Whiggish adj.2 Compare also earlier Tory adj.
Characteristic of a Tory or political conservative; supporting or inclined to Toryism or political conservatism.
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Toryish1681
Toryistic1855
1681 Let. from Tower (single sheet) (verso) I fear those at Oxford may speak other Latine, and that the Jury there may be, at this time, as Toryish as their Terre-filius.
1684 Let. fr. Irel. in T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. 26 Mar. (1764) I. ii. 343 (note) I suspect you of the Massachusets, are more whiggish, and your neighbours more toryish, to express it in the language of late in use.
1794 S. Parr Let. 22 July in Wks. (1828) VII. 658 Manners which you would call Toryish, because they were at once correct, elegant, and dignified.
1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 20 He must not be too whiggish for his Tory customers, nor too toryish for his Whigs.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. xiv. 202 I fancy he is Toryish.
1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Oct. 1166/4 It seems fair to say that he had at any rate a Toryish element in his make-up.
2016 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Jan. 19 He expressed Toryish opinions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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