cliquishとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈkliːkɪʃ/, /ˈklɪkɪʃ/
• 韻: -iːkɪʃ, -ɪkɪʃ

形容詞

cliquish (comparative more cliquish, superlative most cliquish)

1. Of or pertaining to a clique.
2. Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group.
   • 2005 August 2, Timothy Williams, “In Addition to His Pugnacity and Charm, He Can Write Poetry”, in The New York Times‎:

     But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.

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