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单词 transvestitist
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transvestitistadj.n.

Brit. /tranzˈvɛstᵻtɪst/, /trɑːnzˈvɛstᵻtɪst/, /transˈvɛstᵻtɪst/, /trɑːnsˈvɛstᵻtɪst/, U.S. /trænzˈvɛstədəst/, /træn(t)sˈvɛstədəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: transvestite n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < transvestite n. + -ist suffix, after transvestitism n. With use as adjective compare earlier transvestite adj. With use as noun compare slightly earlier transvestist n., transvestite n.
Now rare.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by the wearing of clothing traditionally associated with the opposite sex; of, relating to or involving people who cross-dress. Cf. transvestist adj., transvestite adj. rare.figurative in quot. 1924: feminine, effeminate.
ΚΠ
1924 New Age 12 June 80/1 Its [sc. a piece of music's] utter lack of the transvestitist airs and graces of so much of the music of to-day, its lack of what the unintelligent call humanity when they mean sexual appeal or worse still, pretty sentiment, will..prevent it from..becoming a popular success.
1952 P. L. Fermor Let. in A. Cooper Patrick Leigh Fermor (2012) xv. 263 An elaborately camp joint Montmartre called Madame Arthur, with an endless transvestitist..cabaret.
1964 I. Rosen Pathol. & Treatm. Sexual Deviation vii. 179 Transvestitist experiences, desires, and activities are, of course, frequently found in the history of homosexuals.
B. n.
A person, esp. a man, who dresses in clothes conventionally associated with the opposite sex; spec. (originally Psychology) a man who wears women's clothing for (sexual) pleasure. Cf. transvestist n., transvestite n.
ΚΠ
1930 S. Parker tr. W. Stekel Sexual Aberrations I. vii. 192 He differed from a partial transvestitist in the fact that he never would wear unused things.
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xviii. 233 Beppo giggled. ‘Yes, those transvestitists!’ he had to admit rapturously.
1964 Acta Psychotherapeutica 12 34 By donning himself and usually masturbating in female clothing the male transvestitist dramatises himself as a ‘woman’ (symbolized by the clothes) with a real penis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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