单词 | tiara-like |
释义 | > as lemmastiara-like attributive and in other combinations, as tiara-crowned, tiara-like, tiara-shaped adjs.; tiara night n. a night on which tiaras (sense 4) are worn at the opera. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > opera operatics1845 tiara night1900 1792 R. Cumberland Calvary (1803) II. 123 Round his brows A cypress wreath tiara-like he wore. 1868 J. A. Wylie Road to Rome v. 45 Popery—from its tiara-crowned chief to its sandal-shod friars. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 2/1 The guns sat each in its own little tiara-shaped entrenchment. 1900 Daily Express 28 June 1/1 The Opera-house presented a brilliant spectacle last night, the ladies in the audience..having made it a ‘tiara’ night in expectation of the Khedive's presence. < as lemmas |
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