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单词 young-ladyfied
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young-ladyfiedadj.

Brit. /ˌjʌŋˈleɪdɪfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌjəŋˈleɪdəˌfaɪd/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– young-ladified, 1800s– young-ladyfied.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: young lady n., -fied suffix.
Etymology: < young lady n. + -fied suffix. Compare ladyfied adj. at ladyfy v. Derivatives and unladify v.
Now rare.
Made or transformed into a young lady; having the characteristics or style associated with young ladies.
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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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