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"
jj
how about couturieristic?
"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]
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(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
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".
...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!!!!
seamstressy, seamstressing (nonce-word)
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I'd suggest "seamstressly" - probably a nonce-word, but it's in line with "housewifely" etc.
Tailoristic/Tailorettistic??
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!
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.
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
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?
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....!