| 单词 | adonis wig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAdonis wig 2. A type of long, full wig, typically worn by men and popular in the 18th cent. More fully Adonis wig. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > wig > types of > other Rogerian1597 Gregorian1598 Chedreux1678 vallancy1684 spencer17.. nightcap wig1709 Adonis1734 pigeon wing1753 grizzle1755 tête1756 bag-wig1760 negligent1762 jasey1789 bushel-wig1794 Brutus1798 scalp1802 Brown Georgea1845 sheitel1890 fright wig1904 katsura1908 neck-roll1920 1734 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 14/1 I have seen a prim young Fellow with a Cue or an Adonis, as they call the effeminate Wigs of the present Vogue, plaister'd rather than powder'd, and appearing like the Twigs of a Gooseberry-Bush in a deep Snow. 1760 H. Walpole Let. 13 Nov. (1891) III. 361 He had a dark brown adonis, and a cloak of black cloth, with a train of five yards. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. iii. xix. 189 A fine flowing Adonis or white periwig. 1831 Lady's Bk. Dec. 314/2 A small mysterious-looking bandbox..contained an improved edition of the brown Adonis, the millefleured curls of which were evidently addressed to Lady Isabella's captivation. 1852 New Monthly Mag. June 165 Mister Leonidas Lomax..disports himself, padded, pinched, painted, with an Adonis wig and a pair of fixed spurs. 1923 A. M. Samuel Mancroft Ess. 141 It was the flowing Adonis which made a special appeal to those who aimed at looking young. 2006 J. Zimmerman Women of House xii. 240 Barbers trumpeted their expertise in advertisements touting ‘the comet’, ‘the cauliflower’, ‘the staircase’, and ‘the Adonis’. < as lemmas |
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