English Explanatory Dictionary

white-handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having hands that are white.
  2. Characterized by delicacy and a pale-skinned beauty.
  3. Aristocratic, with connotations of effeminacy and foppishness.
  4. From the professional classes; With hands that are not brown from manual labor.
  5. Benevolent or virtuous.

Word forms

white-handed whitehanded

Etymology

From white + handed.

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