clubbiness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tendency or choice to socialise only within a limited circle. uncountable
    — The WASPs’ clubbiness naturally begets insider trading[…].
  2. The state or quality of being clubby, of resembling a small, selective group. uncountable

词源

Etymology tree
English clubby
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English clubbiness
From clubby + -ness.
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