释义 |
ˈman-ˈmillinery A contemptuous term for clothing or apparel (e.g. uniforms, ecclesiastical vestments) to which men devote their attention trivially or unworthily (as is supposed).
1819Scott Let. to J. Richardson 22 Aug. in Lockhart, There goes as much to the man-millinery of a young officer of hussars as to that of an heiress on her bridal day. 1846Ecclesiologist Ser. ii. V. 31 Those who..call the ecclesiological movement ‘manmillinery’. |