puffery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of puffing. countable,uncountable
  2. Excessive or false public praise. countable,uncountable
  3. Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff. countable,uncountable
    — Harvest was promptly pegged as a "lite" group, a purveyor of pop puffery.

词形变化

pufferies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
puff piece

词源

Etymology tree
English puff
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English puffery
From puff + -ery.
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