单词 | primped |
释义 | primpedadj. Of a person: elaborately dressed or made up; fussily neat or smart; affected, vain. Also Scottish: (of the mouth) primly shut; pursed. Also in extended use. Frequently with up. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > [adjective] well-kempt1327 quainted1484 primped1625 prinky1827 manicured1884 cosmeticked1890 tarted1938 flossied up1943 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > types of round-mouthed?1473 shevel?1507 tut-mouthed?a1513 wry-mouthed1552 pouch-mouth1565 plaice-moutha1569 out-lipped1570 pouch-mouthed?a1592 flap-mouthed1594 wide-mouthed1594 plaice-mouthed1595 big-mouthed1602 sparrow-mouthed1611 stretch-moutheda1616 splay-mouthed1647 wry-mouth1652 whale-mouthed1656 out-mouthed1698 spout-mouthed?1711 mickle-mouthed1720 sheveling-gabbit1725 mickle-mouth1863 tenible1871 primped1935 1625 A. Garden Characters & Ess. 47 Hee is a primped Piece, and therefore than, Is Womanish, and bot a Chyldish Man. 1788 J. Skinner Christmass Bawing in Caledonian Mag. Sept. 499 The Tanner was a primpit [Gloss. ‘delicate, nice’] bit, And light like ony feather. 1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 169 Some wi' primpit mou', And upturn'd e'en. 1869 Evening Gaz. (Port Jervis, N.Y.) 25 Dec. 2/2 These primped up city girls, who..walk the streets with their furbelows and fixings. 1926 Amer. Mercury July 361/2 This primped up, sentimentalized figure that the disciples talked of and so sedulously aped, was foreign and odious to it. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men i. vi. 126 Tain't no use in you gittin' yo' mouf all primped up for no hoein' and rakin' out of me, Bertha. Call yo' grandson and let him do it. 1982 P. Ackroyd Great Fire of London (1984) xi. 51 A newly painted and primped street. 2005 Strategy (Nexis) 1 Dec. 89 There's a whole world of men beyond the Neanderthal ‘retro’ and the primped and pampered ‘metrosexual’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1625 |
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