| 单词 | etiquette-ridden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasetiquette-ridden C2. Instrumental and objective, as etiquette-bound, etiquette-conscious, etiquette-ridden adjs., etc. ΚΠ 1843 tr. A. L. L. de Custine Empire of Czar II. xix. 141 To rise a step by more carefully dancing attendance—such is the absorbing thought of this etiquette-instructed crowd. 1848 Ainsworth's Mag. 14 311 Lively and pleasant sketches of their etiquette-persecuted queens. 1881 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 459 Children detest ceremonies; in our etiquette-ridden towns too many boys are aliens under their fathers' roof. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 28 May 2/1 It is many weary months before the small English lady—etiquette-bound as the most world-worn mondaine—is at home in foreign ‘Society’. 1965 R. P. Dore Educ. in Tokugawa Japan iii. 122 Such exhortations..were not easily accepted in the rank-conscious and etiquette-ridden world of the Tokugawa samurai. 2006 Country Living Collecting (Nexis) 1 Aug. 74 Our etiquette-conscious forebears left a lavish paper trail: exquisite calling cards, dance cards [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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