单词 | ladyfied |
释义 | > as lemmasˈladyfied ˈladyfied adj. that has been made a lady; ladylike; (in later use chiefly depreciative) having the airs of a fine lady; excessively genteel.Recorded earliest in young-ladyfied adj. ΚΠ 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 147 Loombe-works and laces for young ladified lasses. ?1750 Characterism i. 79 Her parents are so ostentacious of their new ladified Daughter, that they talk of nothing, for a Twelve-month after, but the Nuptial Solemnity. 1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. Ladyfied, lady-like. 1940 E. C. Ross Ordeal Bridget Elia x. 181 The lines should be moral enough to suit a clergyman's family, but not too courtly and ladyfied. 1999 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 4 Jan. 1 b There are worse words to ruffle my ladyfied senses. < as lemmas |
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