airs and graces
noun/ˌɛəz‿n̩ ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/UK/ˌɛɚz‿n̩ ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/US
Definitions
Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing
Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing; or (now) one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour.
- He made a thouſand uggly Faces, / VVhich (as ſometimes in Ladies caſes) / VVere all deſign'd for Airs and Graces.
- Nature has laid out all her airt in beautifying the face; […] giving it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for airs and graces. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA