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What does this expression mean: "too arch for words"
Sep 11, 2010 1:38 AM
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I don't know what that means. Where did you find that phrase?
September 11, 2010
eugene,
arch = self consciously playful or teasing
arch = marked by a deliberate or and often forced irony
She was too arch for words.
Words could not describe how arch she was.
The expression "too cute for words" has a similar meaning.
cute = clever shrewd
cute = pretty
cute = clever or shrewd in a underhanded or forced manner
She was too cute for words.
September 11, 2010
from Oxford English Dictionary
1 a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall. >an arch-shaped curve.
2 the inner side of the foot.
verb form or cause to form an arch.
September 11, 2010
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