| 释义 |
‖ minauderie|minɔdri|
[Fr., f. minauder to put on affected expressions, f. mine expression of face: see mien.]
Coquettish airs.
1763H. Walpole Let. to Mann 11 Aug., The Duchess..is a heap of minauderies and affectations. 1823Scott Peveril xl, [She] neglected nothing that effrontery and minauderie could perform to draw upon herself some portion of the King's observation. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xlvii, How much pleasanter than the minauderies of the young ladies in the ball-rooms. |