单词 | cheesiness |
释义 | cheesinessn. 1. The quality or condition of resembling cheese or being cheesy (cheesy adj.1 1). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > cheese > [noun] > quality cheesiness1662 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike lii. 396 The Urine and venal bloud being drawn forth by a cut Vein, do wax clotty..; which clottiness or cheesiness [L. caseatio] is the effect of sharpness. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. l. 75 ‘How's the cream of clerkship, eh?’ ‘Why, rather sour, Sir... Beginning to border upon cheesiness, in fact.’ 1875 J. McCosh Sc. Philos. liii. 398 At first there was a flabbiness, a sort of cheesiness about his look. 1912 20th Ann. Meeting Wisconsin Cheesemakers' Assoc. 100 That characteristic cheesiness which is after all the essence of flavor in cheese. 1952 W. C. Harvey & H. Hill Food Hygiene xiv. 200 High-fat cream may cause cheesiness in the resultant butter. 2011 S. Ungaro & M. Davis in K. Wohl James Beard Foundation's Best of Best 11/1 The bold, straightforward cheesiness of a good mac'n'cheese. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). The quality or condition of being unsubtle, inauthentic, clichéd, or excessively sentimental; (in early use also) the quality or condition of being inferior or second-rate. Cf. cheesy adj.1 3a, 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] sentiment1747 sentimentality1770 mawkishness1796 sensiblerie1815 sentimentalism1818 sloppiness1828 morbidezza1833 milk-and-wateriness1834 maudlin1838 soothing syrup1839 emotionalism1846 stickiness1864 slop1866 mushiness1868 saccharinity1868 sympatheticism1884 hearts and flowers1911 lovey-doveyness1923 schmaltz1934 goop1950 goo1951 schmaltziness1953 gloop1957 cheesiness1963 soupiness1963 soft-centredness1967 soppiness1974 1963 Life 15 Nov. 8/2 The pirated versions all share a certain quality of cheesiness. 1976 A. L. Huxtable Kicked Building Lately? 185 Cheesiness is the one thing..that can destroy centuries of London's hallmark: substance and quality. 1986 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. c3/3 A performer..whose authenticity cuts right through the show-biz cheesiness. 1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 45/2 Poor storytelling and general cheesiness mar the new animated Don Bluth offering. 2003 Daily Tel. 20 Jan. 25/7 The Handel overture that accompanied it exposed the cheesiness of Adrian Johnston's score. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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