单词 | maker-upper |
释义 | maker-uppern. A person who makes up (in various senses), esp. a make-up artist. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the skin or complexion > [noun] > one who applies preparations for the complexion layer-on1797 maker-upper1936 1936 H. Lang Screen Bk. Feb. 44 in Amer. Speech 11 77/2 ‘When I was younger,’ the maker-upper told Bill, ‘I wasn't only a make-up man.’ 1974 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) II. xliii. 309 Personae non dramatis but technicalis (Some bachelors, some not)..A maker-upper. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) 3 Sept. 13/3 A notorious scribbler, doodler, all-round maker-upper and social anarchist. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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