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I'm looking for a word that is the adjectival form from seamstress, or of or related to sewing, etc. The more obscure the better, it's for a mock-pompous message "Thank you for all your ___________ advice and assistance"
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how about couturieristic?
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"Thank you for all your ___________ advice and assistance" jj
Thank you for being such a purl when I needed a seamstress.
Or if that's too ambivalent:
"Thank you for all your knitwitted advice and assistance." [And don't forget to add a smiley as though it were just a bad joke]
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G'day, mate! Lovely to see you again! <grin> How 'bout this one? It even sounds mocking:
huswife
(n.) A case for sewing materials. See Housewife.
(n.) A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman.
(n.) A worthless woman; a hussy.
(v. t.) To manage with frugality; -- said of a woman.
(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
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couturieristic seems to be almost the "correct" word, but to me it doesn't seem right, possibly cos these days couture is mostly teamed with "haute".
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...also that and srtorial seem to connote more tailoring and dressmaking skills, rather than repairs and alterations, which is what I was really looking for.
PS Jackie thanks for those, not brave enough to call my friend a "hussy" even if it's meant well!!!!
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seamstressy, seamstressing (nonce-word)
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I'd suggest "seamstressly" - probably a nonce-word, but it's in line with "housewifely" etc.
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Tailoristic/Tailorettistic??
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I think you come closest Elizabeth with "seamstressly" - easy to read, though difficult to say. Interesting that "housewifely" uses the adverbial -ly formation. (Are there other examples of adjectival formations that do this? I can think of "likely")
Good Dr Bill suggests via PM using an eponym from a famous couturier(e) but I think that runs into connotations of haute-ness again.
Thanks all - if this board doesn't come up with the perfect word, it don't exist!
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if this board doesn't come up with the perfect word, it don't exist!
You flatter us overmuch, johnjohn.
You don't need a name for a seamstress.
You need a name for the stitch she has left you in.
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Following a variant of tsuwm's thoughts, I would suggest sempstressy for your consideration, johnjohn - this was brought to mind after coming across the deliberate period-piece of 'sempstress' this week in a novel by Philippa Gregory. http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh?WORD=sempstressy
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Now, why have I heard of her? I don't think I've read anything by her...
Good to see you mav! [hug] Whatcha readin', if you don't mind saying?
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Thanks, J :)
She writes excellently characterised historically rooted fiction, sometimes unfairly demeaned by a 'chicklit' label. Her ear for dialoguue is good. Her two novels about Tradescant are wonderful (The Virgin Earth and sumtin else!) and her novels about the court of Henry 8 and the rise to power of his daughters Mary and Elizabeth are superb, imho. The ones I am reading now are a trio set around the times of the Great Enclosures - good background, but a bit too much rippped bodice for my taste.
The bonus to a cracking yarn is that each book has at least one unusual usage that gets me off on a bit of research....!
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