Japanesey, Japanesy, a.
(dʒæpəˈniːzɪ)
[f. Japanese a. and n. + -y1.]
Having or inclining to a Japanese character.
| 1890 B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 144 Criticism is not at all a ‘Japanesey’ thing. 1891 S. J. Duncan Amer. Girl in London 55 Her parlour was Japanesy, too, in places. 1901 ‘C. Holland’ Mousmé xxiii. 328 He..has referred to..their figures as ‘petite’ and Japanesy. 1923 E. F. Wyatt Invis. Gods i. ii. 17 The Japanesy shadows of the black scrub pine. 1925 Glasgow Herald 8 May 10 High-art, Japanesy tenements. 1941 Penguin New Writing X. 23 The stained Japanesey walls. 1971 Country Life 16 Dec. 1720/3 A trifle too fussy, too obviously Japanesey? |