单词 | unphoney |
释义 | unphoneyadj.n. Originally U.S. Not phoney, false, or fake; genuine, sincere. Also as n. (with the): that which is not phoney. ΚΠ 1941 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 31 May 21/2 A place where one may buy completely unphoney Viennese pastries, made by a Viennese lady and served to you. 1959 News Chron. 19 Aug. 4/3 ‘I'm no intellectual,’ he says with unphoney modesty. 1973 Publishers Weekly 26 Mar. 61/3 Individually these British lads (and lass) are enjoyably unphony. 1982 Listener 11 Feb. 27/3 Let our final words honour the exceptionally unphoney—the first performance of Edward Cowie's..Concerto for orchestra. 2008 Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Mag.) 18 The charm, the political awareness and unphoney compassion—an American who isn't an embarrassment to America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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