un-Americanness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being un-American. uncountable
    — [Edward] Harrigan, who is best remembered for his turn-of-the-twentieth-century musical comedies with collaborator Tony Hart, went on to clarify that “if it isn't native, it isn't New York,” by way of explaining the un-Americanness presumably espoused by these new immigrants.

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Etymology tree
English un-American
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 un-Americanness
From un-American + -ness.
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