单词 | brunchy |
释义 | brunchyn.adj. A. n. U.S. Usually in form brunchie. A woman's housecoat; = brunch coat n. at brunch n. Compounds. Now disused.Chiefly in commercial contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > dress, robe, or gown > types of > for specific purpose > for wear at home housecoat1830 rest gown1893 brunch coat1933 brunchy1942 1942 Women's Wear Daily 24 Sept. 16 (heading) Color for gift smocks and ‘brunchies’. 1952 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 15 Mar. 14/4 (advt.) Our picture-pretty, perky brunchy to wear like a peignoir with its swing back. 1962 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 18 Oct. 5/1 (advt.) Terry shorties and cotton brunch coats... Brunchies and dusters in prints and solids. 1971 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 5 May 7/6 (advt.) Cool quickie cover-ups... Printed or plain, each duster or brunchie is prettier than the next. B. adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. Characteristic of, or of the nature of, brunch; (of food) suitable to be eaten for brunch; (of a restaurant) known for serving brunch. ΚΠ 1943 P. Sturges Little Marine (Hail Conquering Hero) (film script, draft) 105 Your famous flannel cakes..taste their crunchy, brunchy munchiness. 1970 N.Y. Mag. 9 Feb. 65/1 Brunch à la carte 24 hours a day... Breakfast from 6 a.m. to 11 is even brunchier. 1988 Los Angeles Times 29 Apr. vi. 12/1 You could be in Carmel, eating light, snacky, brunchy little things. 1995 B. Rivera Afr. Passions 78 They were in one of these brunchy restaurants on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 2014 N.Y. Mag. 3 Feb. 67/4 The new menu is short and sweet and effortlessly brunchy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1942 |
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