单词 | trotty |
释义 | trottyadj. colloquial. 1. Of daintily small proportions. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small and dainty or trim dapper1579 dinky1788 trotty1891 1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin II. v. i. 165 Some of the little silk shifties and night-i-gowns were simply too trottie for words. 1895 Punch 15 June 285/3 When countesses mount 'em at Chelsea, they're trotty and puffeck OK! 2. Of a person: agreeable, amenable. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable beisuma1225 treatable1303 waldinc1485 tractable?1504 towardly1513 obsequent1520 conformable1547 unwilful1570 sonsya1622 ductile1622 obedible1622 ductible1623 unobstinate1632 ducible1633 docile1647 fictile1676 amenable1680 tawie1786 trottya1913 a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) xi. 109 ‘I can't tell you how trotty we think it of you!’..bibbled the woman. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song i. i. 4 Trotty little ladies with dresses tight blown about trotty little figures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1891 |
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