English Dictionary

nice-Nellyism

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 可算名詞

(usually uncountable) Prudishness or excessive modesty. / (countable) A euphemism; an act or expression of prudishness or excessive modesty.

日本語の意味

（通常は不可算）過度な慎み深さ、すなわち過剰な謙遜や用心深さを指す。 / （可算）婉曲的に表現された、または具体的な行動として現れる、過度な慎み深さを意味する。

Her nice-Nellyism made her refuse to wear anything revealing even at the beach.

彼女は堅苦しい慎み深さから、ビーチでも露出の多い服を着ることを拒んだ。

意味（1）

(usually uncountable) Prudishness or excessive modesty.

意味（2）

(countable) A euphemism; an act or expression of prudishness or excessive modesty.

He was a co-founder of the Indianapolis Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous. ¶ His obituary in the Indianapolis Star said that he himself was not an alcoholic. ¶ This denial was at least partly a nice-Nellyism from the past, I think.

nice-Nellyisms （ plural ）