单词 | tartish |
释义 | tartishadj.1 Somewhat tart, slightly pungent or acid; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 338 Another Sort like a Curan..eats tartish. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 488/2 Let spirit of vitriol be mixed therewith..in such quantity as to give the tartish taste. 1828 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 511 The Monthly [Magazine] so smartish—the Westminster, so tartish. 1890 H. M. Stanley In Darkest Afr. I. ix. 212 The tartish, crimson, and oblong fruit of the amoma. Derivatives ˈtartishly adv. somewhat tartly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adverb] tartlyc1000 sour?a1513 sourlya1533 crabbedly1574 acridlya1750 acrimoniously1753 acerbly1793 tartishly1823 sourishly1846 acidulously1889 vinegarishly1890 1823 J. Wilson Trials Margaret Lyndsay xxxii. 268 Snuffy-nosed maiden aunts..sourishly and tartishly disposed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). tartishadj.2 colloquial. = tarty adj. (and n.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] > tawdry tinsel1595 gingerbread1631 tawdry1676 frippish1787 tinselly1811 specious1816 gingerbready1845 foofaraw1848 twopence coloured1859 tarty1918 tartish1929 tatty1940 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) > relating to harlot1574 harlotry1579 queanish1596 slutty1912 tarty1918 tartish1929 1929 C. Connolly Let. Nov. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 327 We both felt that you thought she was tartish. 1944 E. Bowen in Penguin New Writing XX. 62 Collie was wearing that tartish house-coat. 1956 E. Grierson Second Man xiv. 249 A brocade house-coat and mules of a pink, tartish shade. 1972 Daily Tel. 4 Oct. 13/2 His mother is snappish, tartish and neglectful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.11712adj.21929 |
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