| 单词 | wowserish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwowserish ˈwowserish adj. of the nature of a wowser; puritanical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Puritanism > [adjective] precise1560 Puritant1580 puritan1588 disciplinarian1591 disciplinary1591 pure1598 puritanical1598 puritanian1601 puritanic1606 kneeless1631 prick-eared1641 precisianicala1652 Catharistic1838 perfectionistic1884 hot-gospelling1891 Patarene1902 wowserish1933 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence > fanatical wowserish1933 1933 F. Clune Try Anything Once 122 They had lost their dash and grown wowserish. 1966 New Statesman 4 Mar. 289/2 After a time, I warmed even to Stennis and Morse; though the first was narrow and wowserish. 1983 Age (Melbourne) 3 Dec. 11/2 Coming hard on the heels of the casino inquiry, which also recommended in the negative, the Government's decision on poker machines may give it a puritanical or wowserish image. < as lemmas |
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