knickknackery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac. uncountable
    — As Hortense says of the gilded knicknackery of her saloon,— "Est-ce utile? C'est plus, c'est nécessaire."

词源

Etymology tree
English knickknack
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English knickknackery
From knickknack + -ery.
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