| 单词 | starchiness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstarchiness ˈstarchiness n. [compare earlier starchedness n. at starched adj. Derivatives and starchness n.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability strangenessc1386 unhomelinessc1440 fremdnessa1500 coldness1557 coolnessa1586 self-guarda1586 diskindness1596 formality1599 reservedness1606 inaffability1611 restrainta1616 unconess1637 chillness1639 froideur1645 distance1660 starchedness1670 buckram1682 starchness?1693 starch1694 reserve1711 stiffness1717 unapproachableness1727 retirement1803 angularity1824 standoffishness1826 distancy1836 chill1837 starchiness1844 unapproachability1846 hedgehogginess1858 standoff1865 offishness1867 aloofness1878 pokerishness1880 untouchableness1909 untouchability1919 stuffiness1926 1844 Caledonian Mercury 23 Dec. The starchiness was thus partially loosened and the cloth softened. 1859 F. Francis Newton Dogvane III. ii. 51 Ned rode after her, rather piqued at what he termed ‘his sisters' starchiness’. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. iii. 47 There were no distinctively clerical lines in the face,..no tricks of starchiness or of affected ease. 1931 Washington Post 29 Dec. 6/3 The crust itself is of a starchiness so unyielding as to resemble something hewn..from a particularly hard wood. 1955 Ld. Strang Foreign Office xi. 191 The diplomatist..must invariably be dignified, but must never be guilty of starchiness and pomposity. 2013 Guardian 6 June (G2 section) 12 Spuds..have a surprisingly assertive flavour—a kind of lingering starchiness at odds with the fresh, green character of the watercress. < as lemmas |
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