ploverness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The essence of what it means to be a plover; the qualities that make a plover what it is. nonce-word,uncountable
    — He has no problem with Graves painting “what he feels about what he sees,” but for Peterson, it just doesn't work with birds: “The critic will ask 'isn't it just the very essence of ploverness?' My answer is 'hardly; I know too damn much about plovers.'"

词源

From plover + -ness.
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