“prettyism”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

prettyism

释义

prettyism|ˈprɪtɪɪz(ə)m|
[See -ism.]
Studied prettiness of style or manner; an instance of this.
1776T. Anburey Let. 20 Nov. in Trav. Interior Parts Amer. (1789) I. 109 These Enfant du Diable [sc. skunks] differ from your Enfant du Diable, the London beaux, who have all their prettyisms perhaps, but are externally exhaling their pestiferous odours.1806W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. IV. 739 We cannot prefer the vague prettyisms of the mere gentleman to the substantial tuition of the mere pedant.1812― in Monthly Rev. LXVII. 388 As full of antithesis and prettyism of style, as any other part of the book.1862Q. Rev. Apr. 324 Surely the following puerilities and prettyisms are unbearable.1907M. G. Pearse in Life & Work Apr. 81/2 The ugliest ism in the world is Pretty-ism, when it does not matter so much what you say as how you say it.

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