ladylikeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈleɪdɪlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈleɪdiˌlaɪk/

Forms: see lady n. and -like suffix; also 1600s ladilike.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lady n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < lady n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier ladyly adj. With use as adverb compare earlier ladyly adv.

A. adj.

a. Of a woman: having the appearance or manner of a lady; noble; gracious; decorous, genteel. Also figurative of something considered as a woman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > [adjective] > ruling or governing

regnantc1475

governing1534

ladylike1534

lording1548

ruling1561

signorizing1588

regent1613

swaying1625

regal1653

reigning1705

1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 129 My beste beloue is a woman of good abilitie, and she is euer crauynge, magnificent or ladylike [L. magnifica].

1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. K.iii^v Ladies of honor, courtlike Dames, and Ladylike gentlewomen are seldome runners forth of theyr dores, but much lesse strayers abroade.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 21 And Madera, the ladie-like Iland of the Atlantique sea [It. La Madera..reina dell'isole dell'Oceano Atlantico].

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 55 Among all these Citties we find that Venice is rankd next Rome, and hath three as it were proverbiall attributs given Her higher than any of the rest, viz. to be Rich, Wise, and Ladylike or Stately.

1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 6 Sept. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 176 Mr. McKinnon..received us with a hearty welcome, as did his wife, who was what we call in Scotland a lady-like woman.

1813 Examiner 8 Mar. 156/2 Miss Smith is a very lady-like actress.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 197 Tell me now, how look I, thus disposed on the couch—languishing and ladylike, ha?

1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 199 A pretty, ladylike, rather silly young woman.

1928 Times 22 Sept. 10/2 Nowadays, girls would not like to be told they were ladylike.

1969 Hist. Jrnl. 21 472 Such ideals..made a lady-like woman with ‘a tender love for souls’ an almost irresistable mouthpiece for an appeal to the hearts of audiences composed of ‘respectable working men’ or ‘the better orders’.

2001 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 26/4 It is difficult..to be drunk and ladylike at the same time.

b. depreciative. Of a man: effeminate; excessively fastidious or genteel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]

womanly?c1225

ferbleta1300

effeminatea1393

nicea1393

softc1450

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

cockney1573

effeminated1580

unmanlikea1586

milky1602

enervate1603

womanizing1615

emasculate1622

womanized1624

softly1643

womanlish1647

unmasculine1649

emollid1656

ladylike1656

enervated1660

emasculated1701

petticoated1708

tea-faced1728

effeminized1789

invirile1870

epicene1881

sissyish1889

sissified1898

devirilized1901

cockless1902

camp1909

pansy1929

campy1932

queenly1933

poncy1937

pansyish1941

swishy1941

moffie1954

poofy1956

femme1963

poofed-up1964

minty1965

ponced-up1970

lavender1979

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 179 Some of these so rigid, yet very spruce and Ladylike preachers, think fit to gratifie as their own persons, so their kind hearers and spectators.

1756 Connoisseur No. 111. 668 Those lady-like gentlemen, whom we may distinguish by the title of their mother's own sons.

1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) viii. 196 He is a very lady-like poet.

1915 T. L. Golden Let. 30 May in Lett. from Front (Canadian Bank of Commerce) (1920) I. 19 Ready to look down upon the Britisher as a good-for-nothing lady-like cissy.

2002 Stage (Nexis) 18 July 23 In British cinema the first camp copper was the ladylike Timothy Gorse, played by Charles Hawtrey.

2. That is characteristic of or befits a lady; having features associated with the status, character, or behaviour of a lady. Also occasionally (depreciative): excessively delicate or genteel; effeminate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]

wokec897

unstronga900

unmightyeOE

feeblec1175

strengthlessc1175

unwieldc1220

weaka1300

frailc1384

unwieldyc1386

unthendec1425

dissolutec1450

unsure?a1475

feyc1475

simple1477

unfirm1483

unsinewed?1541

wash1548

weakling1557

ladylike1566

silly1567

water weak1592

washya1631

wankle1686

foible1715

unmuscular1725

nerveless1792

wankly1795

shilpit1813

wankya1825

sinewless1829

weedy-looking1835

queachy1859

insubstantiala1861

paper-backed1888

weak-fleshed1967

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > characteristic of

womanisha1393

womanlyc1400

feminec1425

femininec1425

she1531

wifish1535

female1566

ladylike1566

womenish1604

tender-hefteda1616

ladied1628

feminary1630

feminile1650

feminal1875

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > well-bred > specific

gentlemanlya1450

gentlemanlike1565

ladylike1566

gentlewomanly1581

gentlewomanlikea1626

gentlemany1660

gentlemany1728

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [adjective] > ladylike

ladylyc1400

ladylike1566

1566 L. Wager Life & Repentaunce Marie Magdalene 528 Your countenance is not ladylike inough yet.

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 173 The plesant reflection of her ladylike hand, which durynge the daunce he fayled not too graspe as often as hee durst.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. ix. 37 With figures, Ladie-like.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 70 The dew drops on her silken hide Her tender constitution did declare, Too Lady-like a long fatigue to bear.

1698 J. Crowne Caligula i. 2 A Manly daring Soul lurks deep, Under this gentle Lady-like [printed Lady, like] outside.

1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 284 After a few Days of these coy, Lady-like Compliances on his side, we grew into a more conversable Temper.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xvii. 135 Perhaps you mean no more, than to give a little specimen of Lady-like pride in those words.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 239 The controversy began in smooth, oily, lady-like terms, but is now waxing more sour and eager as we get on.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 228 Her lady-like spirit would have scorned the idea of selling them.

1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 53 You have not a very lady-like way of expressing yourself.

1900 W. W. Skeat Chaucer Canon 139 Both [poems]..are wholly lacking in interesting touches of personal character. Whatever opinions they express are of a highly genteel and ladylike order.

1965 P. Anderson in Analog Sci. Fiction/Sci. Fact July 44/1 Transceiver and taper in one hand, a ladylike needle gun at her waist, were all she needed.

2005 Dazed & Confused Dec. 56 The perfect accessory for fashion's current mood of ladylike demureness.

2007 Post (South Africa) (Nexis) 7 Feb. 19 Shivashankar..has developed more feminine mannerisms and confusing body language, including a ladylike walk.

B. adv.

In a manner befitting or characteristic of a lady.In quot. c1650: in the guise of a lady.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adverb] > as a lady

ladylike1594

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adverb] > in manner of member of

ladylike1594

sparkishly1676

fine-ladically1811

rakily1904

1594 G. Chapman Σκìα Νυκτòς sig. Biv^v Some clad in habit of deceased friends..And some..Lady-like attyrd, With pride of Beauties full Meridian fir'd.

a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 126 Nor didst thou two years after talk of force, Or, lady-like, make suit for a divorce.

c1650 Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 544 Achilles he was in disguise, When first he heard of this enterprize, He Lady-like with a Lady lay.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 85 I'd clead me braw and ladylike.

1896 Syracuse (N.Y.) Daily Standard 24 Jan. 10/4 Gentlemen will act ladylike throughout the evening.

1950 Amer. Weekly 26 Mar. 29/2 Girls must think it's old-fashioned to act ladylike.

1980 Waterloo (Iowa) Courier 4 May 47/2 Men prefer feminine women, and there's nothing feminine about hippos. They can't walk ladylike, they can't sit ladylike and God forbid they should ever have to run!

1991 A. Bammer Partial Visions 102 Trained to act ladylike, she is paralyzed by the rules of social decorum.

Derivatives

ˈladylikeness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding > specific

gentlemanship1541

gentlemanliness1565

gentlewomanliness1808

ladyhood1820

ladyism1826

ladylikeness1844

gentlemanlikeness1849

1844 Sandusky (Ohio) Clarion 6 Jan. The ladylikeness and good taste of the note, so different from the usual tentatives of that description, breed a second thought of curiosity.

1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Conclusion (1882) 305 He remembered the charm of her perfect ladylikeness.

1958 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 19 Jan. b5/1 She impressed with her soft modulated voice, with her quiet assurance and eagerness and her refinement and ladylikeness.

1988 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 12 Jan. 34 ‘More poise, less boys.’ That was my mother's recipe for ladylikeness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ladylike
释义	ladylikeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈleɪdɪlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈleɪdiˌlaɪk/ Forms: see lady n. and -like suffix; also 1600s ladilike. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lady n., -like suffix. Etymology: < lady n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier ladyly adj. With use as adverb compare earlier ladyly adv. A. adj. 1. a. Of a woman: having the appearance or manner of a lady; noble; gracious; decorous, genteel. Also figurative of something considered as a woman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > [adjective] > ruling or governing regnantc1475 governing1534 ladylike1534 lording1548 ruling1561 signorizing1588 regent1613 swaying1625 regal1653 reigning1705 1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 129 My beste beloue is a woman of good abilitie, and she is euer crauynge, magnificent or ladylike [L. magnifica]. 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. K.iii^v Ladies of honor, courtlike Dames, and Ladylike gentlewomen are seldome runners forth of theyr dores, but much lesse strayers abroade. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 21 And Madera, the ladie-like Iland of the Atlantique sea [It. La Madera..reina dell'isole dell'Oceano Atlantico]. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 55 Among all these Citties we find that Venice is rankd next Rome, and hath three as it were proverbiall attributs given Her higher than any of the rest, viz. to be Rich, Wise, and Ladylike or Stately. 1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 6 Sept. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 176 Mr. McKinnon..received us with a hearty welcome, as did his wife, who was what we call in Scotland a lady-like woman. 1813 Examiner 8 Mar. 156/2 Miss Smith is a very lady-like actress. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 197 Tell me now, how look I, thus disposed on the couch—languishing and ladylike, ha? 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 199 A pretty, ladylike, rather silly young woman. 1928 Times 22 Sept. 10/2 Nowadays, girls would not like to be told they were ladylike. 1969 Hist. Jrnl. 21 472 Such ideals..made a lady-like woman with ‘a tender love for souls’ an almost irresistable mouthpiece for an appeal to the hearts of audiences composed of ‘respectable working men’ or ‘the better orders’. 2001 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 26/4 It is difficult..to be drunk and ladylike at the same time. b. depreciative. Of a man: effeminate; excessively fastidious or genteel. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] womanly?c1225 ferbleta1300 effeminatea1393 nicea1393 softc1450 manlessa1529 unmanly1534 cockney1573 effeminated1580 unmanlikea1586 milky1602 enervate1603 womanizing1615 emasculate1622 womanized1624 softly1643 womanlish1647 unmasculine1649 emollid1656 ladylike1656 enervated1660 emasculated1701 petticoated1708 tea-faced1728 effeminized1789 invirile1870 epicene1881 sissyish1889 sissified1898 devirilized1901 cockless1902 camp1909 pansy1929 campy1932 queenly1933 poncy1937 pansyish1941 swishy1941 moffie1954 poofy1956 femme1963 poofed-up1964 minty1965 ponced-up1970 lavender1979 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 179 Some of these so rigid, yet very spruce and Ladylike preachers, think fit to gratifie as their own persons, so their kind hearers and spectators. 1756 Connoisseur No. 111. 668 Those lady-like gentlemen, whom we may distinguish by the title of their mother's own sons. 1818 W. Hazlitt Lect. Eng. Poets (1870) viii. 196 He is a very lady-like poet. 1915 T. L. Golden Let. 30 May in Lett. from Front (Canadian Bank of Commerce) (1920) I. 19 Ready to look down upon the Britisher as a good-for-nothing lady-like cissy. 2002 Stage (Nexis) 18 July 23 In British cinema the first camp copper was the ladylike Timothy Gorse, played by Charles Hawtrey. 2. That is characteristic of or befits a lady; having features associated with the status, character, or behaviour of a lady. Also occasionally (depreciative): excessively delicate or genteel; effeminate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective] wokec897 unstronga900 unmightyeOE feeblec1175 strengthlessc1175 unwieldc1220 weaka1300 frailc1384 unwieldyc1386 unthendec1425 dissolutec1450 unsure?a1475 feyc1475 simple1477 unfirm1483 unsinewed?1541 wash1548 weakling1557 ladylike1566 silly1567 water weak1592 washya1631 wankle1686 foible1715 unmuscular1725 nerveless1792 wankly1795 shilpit1813 wankya1825 sinewless1829 weedy-looking1835 queachy1859 insubstantiala1861 paper-backed1888 weak-fleshed1967 the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > characteristic of womanisha1393 womanlyc1400 feminec1425 femininec1425 she1531 wifish1535 female1566 ladylike1566 womenish1604 tender-hefteda1616 ladied1628 feminary1630 feminile1650 feminal1875 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > well-bred > specific gentlemanlya1450 gentlemanlike1565 ladylike1566 gentlewomanly1581 gentlewomanlikea1626 gentlemany1660 gentlemany1728 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [adjective] > ladylike ladylyc1400 ladylike1566 1566 L. Wager Life & Repentaunce Marie Magdalene 528 Your countenance is not ladylike inough yet. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 173 The plesant reflection of her ladylike hand, which durynge the daunce he fayled not too graspe as often as hee durst. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. ix. 37 With figures, Ladie-like. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther ii. 70 The dew drops on her silken hide Her tender constitution did declare, Too Lady-like a long fatigue to bear. 1698 J. Crowne Caligula i. 2 A Manly daring Soul lurks deep, Under this gentle Lady-like [printed Lady, like] outside. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 284 After a few Days of these coy, Lady-like Compliances on his side, we grew into a more conversable Temper. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xvii. 135 Perhaps you mean no more, than to give a little specimen of Lady-like pride in those words. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 239 The controversy began in smooth, oily, lady-like terms, but is now waxing more sour and eager as we get on. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 228 Her lady-like spirit would have scorned the idea of selling them. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 53 You have not a very lady-like way of expressing yourself. 1900 W. W. Skeat Chaucer Canon 139 Both [poems]..are wholly lacking in interesting touches of personal character. Whatever opinions they express are of a highly genteel and ladylike order. 1965 P. Anderson in Analog Sci. Fiction/Sci. Fact July 44/1 Transceiver and taper in one hand, a ladylike needle gun at her waist, were all she needed. 2005 Dazed & Confused Dec. 56 The perfect accessory for fashion's current mood of ladylike demureness. 2007 Post (South Africa) (Nexis) 7 Feb. 19 Shivashankar..has developed more feminine mannerisms and confusing body language, including a ladylike walk. B. adv. In a manner befitting or characteristic of a lady.In quot. c1650: in the guise of a lady. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adverb] > as a lady ladylike1594 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adverb] > in manner of member of ladylike1594 sparkishly1676 fine-ladically1811 rakily1904 1594 G. Chapman Σκìα Νυκτòς sig. Biv^v Some clad in habit of deceased friends..And some..Lady-like attyrd, With pride of Beauties full Meridian fir'd. a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 126 Nor didst thou two years after talk of force, Or, lady-like, make suit for a divorce. c1650 Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 544 Achilles he was in disguise, When first he heard of this enterprize, He Lady-like with a Lady lay. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 85 I'd clead me braw and ladylike. 1896 Syracuse (N.Y.) Daily Standard 24 Jan. 10/4 Gentlemen will act ladylike throughout the evening. 1950 Amer. Weekly 26 Mar. 29/2 Girls must think it's old-fashioned to act ladylike. 1980 Waterloo (Iowa) Courier 4 May 47/2 Men prefer feminine women, and there's nothing feminine about hippos. They can't walk ladylike, they can't sit ladylike and God forbid they should ever have to run! 1991 A. Bammer Partial Visions 102 Trained to act ladylike, she is paralyzed by the rules of social decorum. Derivatives ˈladylikeness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > good manners or polite behaviour > as a result of good breeding > specific gentlemanship1541 gentlemanliness1565 gentlewomanliness1808 ladyhood1820 ladyism1826 ladylikeness1844 gentlemanlikeness1849 1844 Sandusky (Ohio) Clarion 6 Jan. The ladylikeness and good taste of the note, so different from the usual tentatives of that description, breed a second thought of curiosity. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Conclusion (1882) 305 He remembered the charm of her perfect ladylikeness. 1958 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 19 Jan. b5/1 She impressed with her soft modulated voice, with her quiet assurance and eagerness and her refinement and ladylikeness. 1988 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 12 Jan. 34 ‘More poise, less boys.’ That was my mother's recipe for ladylikeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.1534
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