millineric
adjEtymology From milliner + -ic.
1
Of or relating to women’s hats.
- Mrs X⸺ sat in front of me, and there was a wreath on her bonnet so provokingly like the real flowers that I could look at nothing else and think of nothing else but the wonderful skill attained to in their manufacture; my thoughts danced a jig half over the world, started and kept in motion by that millineric creation.1880 March 31, Mary Wager-Fisher, “The Doctrine of a Church Bonnet”, in The Christian Union, volume XXI, number 13, New York, N.Y.: the N. Y. and Brooklyn Publishing Co., Limited, page 304:
- The “Frances Cleveland” hat shown at Ridley’s is simply lovely![…]It was purchased by a “brown[-]ish blond” whose complexional requirements were nobly met by the “combine” of garnet and sky-blue, and was pronounced a piece of millineric perfection.1887 June 16, “Fashion Notes for Ladies”, in Wood County Reporter, volume XXX, number 24, Grand Rapids, Wis.:
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- At Burns & Shugert’s there is a vast aggregation of rare and beautiful things, from fine underwear to elegant cloaks; from millineric marvels of all sizes, shapes and stuffs, to the daintiest boots.1887 December 20, Spirit of Jefferson, volume XXII, number 51, Charlestown, W.Va.:
- Indeed so general will be the display of millineric colors and combinations that the day should be known as Bonnet Day in the fashionable calendar.1889 May 5, “Ladies’ Day. The Time When New Bonnets Will Appear in Great Profusion.”, in The Meriden Sunday Journal, volume VII, number 18, Meriden, Conn.:
- Brown shades have a slight millineric prestige.1890 February 7, Crescent, “Styles Present and Prospective”, in The Plain Speaker, volume IX, number 2, Hazleton, Pa.:
- The way to settle the shape question is to adopt the arrangement of hair best suited to the face, then make millineric selections in accordance therewith.1890 February 14, Sidney Earle, “Our New York Letter”, in The Plain Speaker, volume IX, number 8, Hazleton, Pa.:
- Synonyms
- millinerial