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词汇 greenery-yallery
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Definition of greenery-yallery in English:

greenery-yallery

adjective ˌɡriːnərɪˈjaləri
informal
  • 1Green and yellow.

    〈非正式〉黄绿两色的

    the greenery-yallery dogwood

    黄绿杂色的山茱萸。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pale, faintly mauve, pink satin ground contrasts with the ‘greenery-yallery’ lilies.
    1. 1.1 Of or in the style of the 19th-century Aesthetic Movement (used to convey the idea of affectation)
      (用于表示矫揉造作之意)19世纪美学运动风格的
      a greenery-yallery fin-de-siècle lyricism

      装腔作势的世纪末颓废抒情风格。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • As these letters amply show, to think of Wilde as a greenery-yallery, light weight, green-carnationist teller of fairy-tales, and tell-taler of Society comedies, is to be naive.

Origin

Late 19th century: from green + yaller (variant of yellow), with reduplication of the suffix -y1.

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