单词 | to take the bloom off |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the bloom off b. figurative. Freshness, delicate charm or beauty. to take the bloom off (a thing): to deprive it of its first freshness or beauty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness softheadc1350 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 gingerliness1583 daintinessa1586 delicacya1586 subtilty1660 the blue of the plum1707 bloom1777 daintification1780 daintihood1780 fairyhood1832 1777 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 159 It [the Plan of Dictionary] would have come out with more bloom if it had not been seen before by any body. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. I. 182 The bloom of his regard would be rubbed off. < as lemmas |
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