white-handed

English

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

Etymology

Compound from English white (a white-skinned person, bright and colorless) + English handed.

Origin

English

handed

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