nice-Nellyism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Prudishness or excessive modesty. uncountable,usually
  2. A euphemism; an act or expression of prudishness or excessive modesty. countable
    — He was a co-founder of the Indianapolis Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous. ¶ His obituary in the Indianapolis Star said that he himself was not an alcoholic. ¶ This denial was at least partly a nice-Nellyism from the past, I think.

词形变化

nice-Nellyisms plural nice-nellyism alternative

词源

From nice Nelly + -ism.
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