“tigerism”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tigerism

释义

tigerism|ˈtaɪgərɪz(ə)m|
[f. tiger n. + -ism.]
1. The qualities or characteristics of a ‘tiger’ (tiger n. 7); vulgar ostentation or affectation; pretentiousness, ‘side’, ‘swagger’. ? Obs.
1836New Monthly Mag. XLVIII. 455 We have the neologismal appellatives, ‘tiger’, and ‘tigerism’,—words of great intensity and signification, without which it would be impossible to get on for ‘one calendar day’ in genteel society.1863R. H. Gronow Remin. II. 144 All his imitators fell between the Scylla and Charybdis of tigerism and charlatanism.1868Lever Bramleighs I. x. 137 His lordship now placed his hat on his head, slightly on one side. It was the ‘tigerism’ of a past period.
2. The condition and functions of a ‘tiger’ or juvenile groom (tiger n. 6).
1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 117 The nature and attributes of tigerism, however, as set forth by the gallant captain, were far from unsatisfactory.

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