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单词 young-mannish
释义

young-mannishadj.

Brit. /ˌjʌŋˈmanɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌjəŋˈmænɪʃ/
Forms: 1800s– young-manish, 1800s– young-mannish.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: young man n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < young man n. + -ish suffix1. Compare old-mannish adj.
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).
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