单词 | woman-bred |
释义 | > as lemmaswoman-bred woman-bred adj. depreciative (now rare) brought up by a woman (implying a lack of masculine influence or qualities); mollycoddled, weak. ΚΠ 1846 W. Cross Disruption xii. 122 Your mode of dressing does not altogether please me... I object to it less for itself, than as an indication that you are woman-bred. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxviii. 351 The boy grew up delicate, sensitive, imperious, woman-bred. 1901 K. M. Caffyn Happenings of Jill xxx. 328 Lord Kendrick, woman-bred, sensitive, nervous, vain, could endure many things, but ridicule was death to him. < as lemmas |
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