| 单词 |
swellish |
| 释义 |
swellish, a. colloq.|ˈswɛlɪʃ| [f. swell n. 9 + -ish1.] Characteristic of or befitting a ‘swell’; stylish, dandified. Hence ˈswellishness.
1820Sporting Mag. VII. 144 The look of Williams was swellish in the extreme. 1856in Brasenose Ale 133 Which ornament [sc. the moustache] (swellish, yet somewhat outré), Can be only assumed with the hood of B.A. 1863W. H. Knight Diary of Pedestrian in Cashmere & Thibet v. 186 One..group of Mahomedan exquisites..had, in addition to their heavy swellishness, an air of Eastern listlessness. 1890J. Middlemass Two False Moves II. xiii. 198 The bigger the swell, the more money he expects to get for his swellishness and his title. |
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