单词 | londonish |
释义 | Londonishadj. Pertaining to or characteristic of London; exhibiting features or aspects of London. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > London metropolitan1640 Londonized1832 Londonish1838 cis-pontine1860 Londonesque1862 Londony1884 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 154/2 A modest porch below, and a neat viranda—something of that sort, spruce and Londonish. 1852 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 23 June (1954) II. 37 Not that I don't like him..but I want nothing so Londonish when I go to enjoy the fields. 1922 Sketch 1 Nov. 194/3 A few mellow Cockney vowels to make us feel cosy—Londonish. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son vi. 56 I had been getting a little—Londonish—shall we call it. 1927 Observer 6 Nov. 9/4 The Cromwell-road is at once the most English and the most Londonish of our thoroughfares. 1956 M. Stewart Wildfire at Midnight iii. 32 You look a bit Londonish, if I may say so. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1838 |
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