refainmentn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈfeɪnm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈfeɪnm(ə)nt/,

/riˈfeɪnm(ə)nt/

Forms:

α. 1900s– refainment.

β. 1900s– refeenement /rɪˈfiːnm(ə)nt/.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: refinement n.

Etymology: Representing an affected pronunciation of refinement n. Compare slightly earlier refained adj.

= refinement n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation of refinement

airs and graces1697

fine-ladyism1799

gentility1821

shabby-gentility1829

gentishness1847

genteelism1849

silver-spoonism1859

posh1915

refainment1933

α.

1933 H. Matheson Broadcasting iii. 63 Universal education may mean a universal hybrid speech..often overlaid with a veneer of what can only be called ‘refainment’.

1960 J. Mitford Hons & Rebels i. 17 Nancy [Mitford], even in those early days preoccupied with U and Non-U usage, made up a poem illustrative of the main ‘refainments’ of Miss Broadmoor's speech.

2006 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 13 June 24 This is the English holiday town which has retained a certain ‘refainment’. Many still feel that their meals should be served on plates rather than cartons.

β. 1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 122 The old lady..looked too refined. ‘Refeened’—Mrs. Manresa qualified the word to her own advantage... She could span the old lady's ‘refeenment’.1983 Observer 3 Apr. 7/4 He's still acutely class-conscious, with a sort of suburban genteel refeenement about him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	refainment
释义	refainmentn. Brit. /rᵻˈfeɪnm(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈfeɪnm(ə)nt/, /riˈfeɪnm(ə)nt/ Forms: α. 1900s– refainment. β. 1900s– refeenement /rɪˈfiːnm(ə)nt/. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: refinement n. Etymology: Representing an affected pronunciation of refinement n. Compare slightly earlier refained adj. = refinement n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affectation of refinement airs and graces1697 fine-ladyism1799 gentility1821 shabby-gentility1829 gentishness1847 genteelism1849 silver-spoonism1859 posh1915 refainment1933 α. 1933 H. Matheson Broadcasting iii. 63 Universal education may mean a universal hybrid speech..often overlaid with a veneer of what can only be called ‘refainment’. 1960 J. Mitford Hons & Rebels i. 17 Nancy [Mitford], even in those early days preoccupied with U and Non-U usage, made up a poem illustrative of the main ‘refainments’ of Miss Broadmoor's speech. 2006 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 13 June 24 This is the English holiday town which has retained a certain ‘refainment’. Many still feel that their meals should be served on plates rather than cartons. β. 1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 122 The old lady..looked too refined. ‘Refeened’—Mrs. Manresa qualified the word to her own advantage... She could span the old lady's ‘refeenment’.1983 Observer 3 Apr. 7/4 He's still acutely class-conscious, with a sort of suburban genteel refeenement about him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933
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