单词 | unqueenlike |
释义 | unqueenlikeadj. Not queen-like, unqueenly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly > for specific people unprincely1536 ungentlemanly1562 unprincelike1579 unroyala1586 knightless1590 ungentlemanlike1592 unknightly1596 unkingly1606 unregal1611 ungentlemanny1667 unqueenlike1679 unofficerlike1746 unladylike1766 unquality-like1784 ungentlewomanlike1789 unqueenly1819 unpatriarchal1836 1679 J. Oldham Garnets Ghost 2/2 Un-queen-like pitty marr'd her Royall Power. 1835 Young Queen II. ix. 205 Far be it from me to insinuate that she felt tempted to do any thing so unqueenlike as to throw it [sc. a lamp] at the head of him who called her back so pitilessly to sad reality. 1872 H. M. Stanley in N.Y. Herald 15 Aug. 4/5 The Queen ran back, followed by her obedient damsels—a retreat most undignified and unqueenlike compared to her majestic advent into the Doctor's [i.e. Doctor Livingstone's] presence. 1953 Sewanee Rev. 61 87 The people prefer to think that she is a witch (the only other possible explanation for them of her un-queenlike conduct). 2010 B. Coville Last Hunt xxvii. 165 The Queen snorted, a rather unqueenlike sound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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