| 单词 | of the —— persuasion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasof the —— persuasion c. colloquial and humorous. A group or collection linked by a shared characteristic, quality, or attribute. Esp. in early use in of the —— persuasion: of a (specified) nationality, occupation, inclination, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] kindeOE i-cundeOE mannera1225 jetc1330 colour1340 hair1387 estrete1393 gendera1398 hedea1400 savourc1400 stockc1450 toucha1500 rate1509 barrel1542 suit1548 fashion1562 special1563 stamp1573 family1598 garb1600 espece1602 kidney1602 bran1610 formality1610 editiona1627 make1660 cast1673 tour1702 way1702 specie1711 tenor1729 ilk1790 genre1816 stripe1853 persuasion1855 1855 Harper's Mag. July 227/1 You may tell your Aunt Mastodon so, and all your other relatives of the Pharisee persuasion. 1861 G. H. Lewes Let. 2 July in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1954) III. 434 It is notorious that Aytoun's greatest poet was Homer—not I believe a gentleman of the Caledonian persuasion. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus vii. 78 She said she thought it was..a gentleman in the hair-cutting persuasion. 1902 R. Hichens Londoners 33 A sinister moustache of the tooth-brush persuasion. 1969 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 94 241 ‘Gloire de Dijon’ over a century old, is also of the tea rose persuasion. 1995 Vogue Dec. 27/3 They're from a mixed marriage and get to see every ethnic, sexual and political persuasion here. < as lemmas |
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