bread-and-butteryadj.

Brit.

/ˌbrɛd(ə)n(d)ˈbʌt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌbrɛd(ə)nˈbədəri/,

/ˌbrɛd(ə)nˈbətri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bread and butter n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < bread and butter n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Girlish, schoolgirlish; chiefly used depreciatively, with implication of naive or unsophisticated character. Cf. bread and butter adj. 1. Now rare.In quot. 1964 in a work of historical fiction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of

childlyeOE

childishOE

childen?c1225

childheady1340

puerile1527

pupillary1611

pupillar1832

bread-and-buttery1858

chittish1871

brattish1879

kiddish1897

1858 Cambr. Independent Press 30 Jan. Suppl. Though his young ladies are bread and buttery,..his minor characters are admirable.

1875 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 10 Oct. Alfonso's bride is of the bread and buttery age of fifteen.

1916 A. R. Ruck In Another Girl's Shoes xi. 119 I am sure they thought I was a bread-and-buttery little thing.

1929 Evening Independent (Massilon, Ohio) 25 Jan. 7/1 She isn't demure like a French jeunne [sic] fille, nor bread and buttery as most English maidens are.

1964 D. Leslie This for Caroline iii. 242 They used to call me ‘Bread-and-butter Caro’ at Miss Rowden's school. Not that I was ever bread and buttery.

2. Lacking interest or excitement; ordinary; unremarkable; mundane. Cf. bread and butter adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace

commona1382

ordinarc1400

plainc1430

famosec1449

famous1528

vulgar1580

ordinary1590

undistinguished1600

indistinguished1608

commonplace1616

unremarkable1628

irremarkable1635

bread and cheese1643

incurious1747

ordinary-looking1798

routine1826

indistinctive1846

common-seeming1857

bread-and-butterish1893

bread-and-buttery1893

timeworn1901

day-to-day1919

vanilla1972

standard1977

1893 Boston Daily Advertiser 29 Nov. 4/7 ‘Her Lord and King’ is the somewhat bread-and-buttery title of the new novel.

1910 Dalby (Queensland) Herald 4 June We seem to have fairly embarked on the stodgy, bread-and-buttery season when nothing happens worth talking of.

1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 22 May f2 He has some other, more bread-and-buttery concerns with this first ad in a campaign developed by McCann-Erickson in the U.S.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bread-and-buttery
释义	bread-and-butteryadj. Brit. /ˌbrɛd(ə)n(d)ˈbʌt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌbrɛd(ə)nˈbədəri/, /ˌbrɛd(ə)nˈbətri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bread and butter n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < bread and butter n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Girlish, schoolgirlish; chiefly used depreciatively, with implication of naive or unsophisticated character. Cf. bread and butter adj. 1. Now rare.In quot. 1964 in a work of historical fiction. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of childlyeOE childishOE childen?c1225 childheady1340 puerile1527 pupillary1611 pupillar1832 bread-and-buttery1858 chittish1871 brattish1879 kiddish1897 1858 Cambr. Independent Press 30 Jan. Suppl. Though his young ladies are bread and buttery,..his minor characters are admirable. 1875 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 10 Oct. Alfonso's bride is of the bread and buttery age of fifteen. 1916 A. R. Ruck In Another Girl's Shoes xi. 119 I am sure they thought I was a bread-and-buttery little thing. 1929 Evening Independent (Massilon, Ohio) 25 Jan. 7/1 She isn't demure like a French jeunne [sic] fille, nor bread and buttery as most English maidens are. 1964 D. Leslie This for Caroline iii. 242 They used to call me ‘Bread-and-butter Caro’ at Miss Rowden's school. Not that I was ever bread and buttery. 2. Lacking interest or excitement; ordinary; unremarkable; mundane. Cf. bread and butter adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > commonplace commona1382 ordinarc1400 plainc1430 famosec1449 famous1528 vulgar1580 ordinary1590 undistinguished1600 indistinguished1608 commonplace1616 unremarkable1628 irremarkable1635 bread and cheese1643 incurious1747 ordinary-looking1798 routine1826 indistinctive1846 common-seeming1857 bread-and-butterish1893 bread-and-buttery1893 timeworn1901 day-to-day1919 vanilla1972 standard1977 1893 Boston Daily Advertiser 29 Nov. 4/7 ‘Her Lord and King’ is the somewhat bread-and-buttery title of the new novel. 1910 Dalby (Queensland) Herald 4 June We seem to have fairly embarked on the stodgy, bread-and-buttery season when nothing happens worth talking of. 1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 22 May f2 He has some other, more bread-and-buttery concerns with this first ad in a campaign developed by McCann-Erickson in the U.S. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1858
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