英语词汇“tonsorial”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tonsorial

释义

tonsorial, a.|tɒnˈsɔərɪəl|
[f. L. tonsōri-us pertaining to a barber + -al¹.]
Of or pertaining to a barber or his work; often used humorously, as ‘a tonsorial artist’.
1813Moore Post-bag ii. 22 During that awful hour or two Of grave tonsorial preparation.1851Thackeray Contrib. to Punch Nov., Wks. 1894 XIII. 575 Under the roof of a tonsorial practitioner in the Waterloo Road.1910Daily News 15 Dec. 6 American ‘tonsorial artists’ are furious at the popularity of the safety razor.
Hence tonˈsorialist humorous, a ‘tonsorial artist’, a barber; also † tonˈsorian, † tonˈsorious adjs., tonsorial.
1656Blount Glossogr., Tonsorious.., of or belonging to a barber or tonsor.1658in Phillips.1705Elstob in Hearne Collect. 30 Nov. (O.H.S.) I. 107 Worthy a Prince of the Tonsorian Race, The best that er'e with steel mow'd human face.1869New North West (Deer Lodge, Montana) 6 Aug. 3/1 Mr. Plummer, the colored tonsorialist..has the misfortune to be a ‘bloody Hinglishman’.1898A. M. Binstead Pink 'Un & Pelican xi. 253 One of them [sc. constables]..gazed..at the abstracted sign of the tonsorialist.

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