| 单词 | postiche |
| 释义 | postiche[ paw-steesh, po- ] / pɔˈstiʃ, pɒ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR postiche ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivesuperadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament. artificial, counterfeit, or false. nounan imitation or substitute. pretense; sham. a false hairpiece. Origin of postiche1850–55; <French <Italian apposticcio<Vulgar Latin *appositīcius added to. See apposite, -itious Words nearby posticheposthumously, posthypnotic, posthypnotic suggestion, posthypoglycemic hyperglycemia, postical, postiche, posticous, postictal, posticum, postie, postil Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for postiche
British Dictionary definitions for postichepostiche / (pɒˈstiːʃ) / adjective(of architectural ornament) inappropriately applied; sham false or artificial; spurious nounanother term for hairpiece (def. 2) an imitation, counterfeit, or substitute anything that is false; sham or pretence Word Origin for posticheC19: from French, from Italian apposticcio (n), from Late Latin appositīcius (adj); see apposite Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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