| 释义 |
ˈgingerliness
[f. gingerly a. + -ness.]
The quality of being gingerly.
Misprinted gingerness in the 1585 ed. of Stubbes, whence this erroneous form appears in Latham (who took it from Abp. Trench) and in later Dicts.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 78 Their minsednes in woords and speaches, their gingerlynes in trippinge on toes like yong goats [etc.]. 1884A. Forbes in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 148 The day came it could go no further, and then it let itself down with all its wonted gingerliness. |