Mayfairish

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UK/ˈmeɪfɛəɹɪʃ/US/ˈmeɪfɛɹɪʃ/

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of the affluent area of Mayfair in London.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveMayfairish (comparative more Mayfairish, superlative most Mayfairish)

comparative more Mayfairish · superlative most Mayfairish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the affluent area of Mayfair in London.

    Peter Hall lets it be very obvious that he doesn't believe in fairies of the old-fashioned sort but only in the Mayfairish variety.

    1962, P.C. Bailey, Stratford 1962
    2 more examples

    By contrast, he is urbane, Mayfairish and pleasantly casual. He drifted into music-publishing four years ago 'as a joke'. Then, he began in one room. Now, his offices fill an entire building, […]

    2011, J. J. Kennedy, The Man Who Wrote the Teddy Bears' Picnic, page 100

    One night she invited me to meet her from her advertising agency in a rather posh Mayfairish pub and I was saying to her, “What does this character look like?”

    2013, Ruth Dudley Edwards, Newspapermen

Origin

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APA

Mayfairish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayfairish

MLA

“Mayfairish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayfairish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mayfairish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayfairish.

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