单词 | aristocratic |
释义 | aristocraticadj. 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; attached to or favouring aristocracy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] aristocratic1596 select1602 qualified1604 patrician?1614 classical1629 aristocratical1742 ruffle-shirted1805 connected1817 thoroughbred1821 upper1825 eupatrid1833 optimate1846 classy1870 silver-tailed1890 upper-bracket1945 upscale1966 society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of the upper classes aristocratian1583 oligarchical1586 aristocratical1589 aristocratic1596 oglogarchial1602 oglogarchian1602 oligarchala1628 oligarchic1643 optimatical1652 monarchico-1785 aristo1874 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lvii. 252 Aristocratick Gouernment, nor Democratick pleasde. 1791 E. Burke Let. to Member National Assembly in Wks. (1823) VI. 37 To destroy these aristocratick prejudices. 1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 35 The so-called aristocratic party, the landlords. 2. Befitting an aristocrat; grand, stylish. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adjective] > befitting an aristocrat aristocratic1845 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. xi. 245 The principal tradesmen..deemed it more ‘aristocratic’; using a favourite and hackneyed epithet which only expressed their own servility. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 65 Rooms so much..more aristocratic than those in which she had lived. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1596 |
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