“homish”的英英意思

单词 homish
释义 homish, a.|ˈhəʊmɪʃ|
Also homeish.
[f. home n.1 + -ish.]
1. Belonging to or suited for home; domestic.
1561Hollybush (title) A most Excellent and Perfecte Homish Apothecarye; or Homely Physick Booke.1577Dee Gen. & rare Mem. 10 Nor homish Subject, or wauering vassal..durst..privily muster to Rebellion.
2. Resembling or suggestive of home; homelike.
1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 327 The gardens have a homeish and Bath-like look.1838Prescott in Ticknor Life (1864) 114 The complexion of Anna's sentiments looked rather homeish.
Hence ˈhomishness, homish quality.
1835New Monthly Mag. XLIII. 15 [Pictures] add a ‘homeishness’ to the rooms.1889Spectator 14 Sept., As for the squalor of the streets, they cease in a short time to perceive it, or even derive from it a sense of homishness.

 

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