duchessy

comparative more duchessy · superlative most duchessy

1. informalLike a duchess; with a superior feminine elegance.

   Fortunately Kathryn looks her most duchessy in evening gowns and Bo is unusually philosophical about boiled shirts.

   1945, Joseph Chamberlain Furnas, How America lives

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   And she had a figure, too; one of them big, duchessy-looking ladies she was, as would make you think as they'd need extra webbing in their beds.

   1906, Warwick Deeping, Bess of the woods

   Synonyms: duchesslike