单词 | societified |
释义 | societifiedadj.ΚΠ 1897 Glasgow Herald 1 Dec. 6/5 The publisher and the bookseller have their trade unions; and even the author..has made some attempt to close his ranks, and have a common opinion with his fellows. But the book-buyer is not as yet societified. 2. Belonging to or made suitable for cultured or fashionable society. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] townishc1450 of mode1676 fashionable1712 smart1719 high-lifed1733 social1741 high-lived1757 West Endish1855 Fifth Avenue1858 mundane1904 societified1912 Park Avenue1923 1912 C. Wells Patty's Butterfly Days ix. 130 I'm accustomed to my girl and boy friends, whom I've known for years. But here, somehow, everybody seems more grown up and societyfied. 1926 E. M. Forster in New Criterion Apr. 282 The societified lady and the obscure maniac are in a sense the same person. 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River lxv. 580 There was nothing at all arrogant, haughty, cold or insolently ‘societified’ about these people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1897 |
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