Meanings
comparative more Mayfairish · superlative most Mayfairish
- 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 19622 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 100One 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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Mayfairish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayfairish
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