单词 | general gender |
释义 | > as lemmasgeneral gender general gender n. now archaic and rare the common people.In later use after Shakespeare (quot. 1604). ΚΠ 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 18 The great loue the generall gender beare him. View more context for this quotation 1845 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 318 The Helmskringla..has too little moral or imaginative attraction to be ever popular with the ‘general gender’. 1908 Caledonian 8 478/1 You can never believe it [sc. claret] an ordinary drink among the ‘general gender’. It cannot have been cheap enough or potent enough. < as lemmas |
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