单词 | young-ladyfied |
释义 | young-ladyfiedadj. Now rare. Made or transformed into a young lady; having the characteristics or style associated with young ladies. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting refinement young-ladyfied1616 genteel1631 genteea1680 fal-lal1747 shabby-genteel1754 fine-ladylike1755 fine-ladyish1777 ladyish1830 silver-fork1831 haw-haw1841 lardy-dardy1861 la-di-dac1883 refained1925 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 147 Loombe-works and laces for young ladified lasses. 1852 Ladies' Repository May 435/2 Very stately and young ladyfied she appeared to me. 1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. vi. 128 No stiff, embroidered, young-ladyfied garment. 1910 A. Constantini Ragna i. iii. 21 Her long skirts, chignon, and ‘young-ladyfied’ manners. 1942 Listener 20 Aug. 238/2 The girl is still at school when the film starts—very young-ladified, frightfully keen on her eurythmics, terribly shocked when her father stands at the window without his collar and tie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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