单词 | young-mannish |
释义 | young-mannishadj. Relating to or characteristic of a young man; suggestive of or resembling a young man.Sometimes depreciative, implying naivety or lack of maturity. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [adjective] beardlessOE unhaireda1616 hobbledehoyish1812 young-mannish1846 ephebic1865 1846 London Pioneer 24 Sept. 349/1 He coveted not only his neighbours' goods, but also the enjoyment of not a few of his neighbours' young-manish vices. 1854 C. M. Yonge Heartsease I. ii. xii. 310 He looked more young-mannish and sentimental than he does now. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. iii. 74 Father has talked so much of your girlish days and his young mannish days. 1942 Musical Times 83 335/1 It sounds very young-mannish. One wonders..whether they will ‘grow out of it’. 2007 Spectator (Nexis) 9 June 62 She is as convincingly young-mannish as any Leonore I've seen. Derivatives ˌyoung-ˈmannishness n. ΘΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] > state or quality of young-manhood1631 hobbledehoyhood1836 hobbledehoyism1837 young-mannishness1851 hobbledehoydom1876 1851 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 8 Nov. 294/1 But I was not prepared to find so many traces of eld on the face of one whom Scott, it seems but the other day, was chiding with merry enjoyment the while for his tricksy young-mannishness. 1919 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. 12/6 A certain, not boyishness, but young-manishness, that would not be in them [sc. speeches] if they were the products of older heads than his. 2009 Cinematical (Nexis) 18 Mar. The pics accompany a story by director Gus Van Sant for the magazine's March 24 issue, in which Van Sant appreciates Efron's ‘well-scrubbed young mannishness’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1846 |
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