twentyishadj.

/ˈtwɛntɪɪʃ/

Etymology: < twenty adj. and n. + -ish suffix¹.

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1. Of a person: (looking) approximately twenty years old.

1928 Daily Express 20 July 4 On the other hand, her blazer-clad, twentyish escort was impressed.

1981 ‘J. Ross’ Dark Blue & Dangerous viii. 43 The woman..wasn't twenty-ish..or startlingly beautiful.

2. Characteristic of the 1920s.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years

quattrocento1855

twelfth-century1867

fin de siècle1890

seventies1901

ninetyish1909

dix-huitième1920

nineties1933

twentyish1940

thirtyish1962

1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end viii. 125 The discovery..of the unrifled tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen was given typical Twentyish publicity. Ancient Egypt suddenly became the vogue.

1975 L. Dickson Radclyffe Hall at Well of Loneliness 9 I try to show her as the unique personality she was, part of a 'twentyish scene now vanished in the clearer if harsher light of our times.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	twentyish
释义	twentyishadj. /ˈtwɛntɪɪʃ/ Etymology: < twenty adj. and n. + -ish suffix¹. Thesaurus » 1. Of a person: (looking) approximately twenty years old. 1928 Daily Express 20 July 4 On the other hand, her blazer-clad, twentyish escort was impressed. 1981 ‘J. Ross’ Dark Blue & Dangerous viii. 43 The woman..wasn't twenty-ish..or startlingly beautiful. 2. Characteristic of the 1920s. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of specific centuries, decades, or years quattrocento1855 twelfth-century1867 fin de siècle1890 seventies1901 ninetyish1909 dix-huitième1920 nineties1933 twentyish1940 thirtyish1962 1940 R. Graves & A. Hodge Long Week-end viii. 125 The discovery..of the unrifled tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen was given typical Twentyish publicity. Ancient Egypt suddenly became the vogue. 1975 L. Dickson Radclyffe Hall at Well of Loneliness 9 I try to show her as the unique personality she was, part of a 'twentyish scene now vanished in the clearer if harsher light of our times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1928
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