salonfähigadj.
/zaˈlɒnfɛːɪx/ rare.
Fit for (polite) society; socially respectable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > respectable
substantious1490
proper1600
creditable1624
decent1712
respectable1750
gradely1763
pukka1776
nice1799
salonfähig1905
quite1907
resp1922
1905 W. James in McClure's Mag. May 3/2 Neither in dress nor in manner did he ever grow quite ‘gentlemanly’ or Salonfähig in the conventional and obliterated sense of the terms.
1980 Encounter May 41/1 The Austrian initiative, whatever its underlying motivations, serves to lend an air of cultured respectability to a blood-stained struggle and to render Arafat salonfähig in Western Europe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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