alacrityn.

Brit.

/əˈlakrᵻti/, U.S.

/əˈlækrədi/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s alacrite, 1500s alacryte, 1500s–1600s alacritie, 1500s–1600s alacrytie, 1500s– alacrity, 1600s alacrety, 1600s allacrity, 1600s allacrytie.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alacrite; Latin alacritāt-, alacritās.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French alacrite (French alacrité ) joy, cheerfulness, lightness of heart or spirit (1st half of the 15th cent.), ardour, vivacity (1542), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin alacritāt-, alacritās enthusiasm, zeal, liveliness < alacer (also alacris ) brisk (see alacrious adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Catalan alacritat (1498), Spanish alacridad (17th cent. or earlier), Italian alacrità (a1472).

Liveliness, sprightliness; briskness, speed; cheerful readiness or willingness. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > promptness or alacrity

readinessa1382

alacritya1460

promptitudea1460

thro1488

promptness1506

officiousness1596

earliness1617

alacriousness1657

slippiness1974

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful liveliness

taitea1400

lightsomeness?a1425

alacritya1460

life1583

sprightfulness1602

airiness1628

alacriousness1657

animal spirits1701

spirits1716

chirpiness1867

form1877

chipperness1887

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun] > readiness or promptness

readinessa1400

alacritya1460

forwardness1526

graithnessc1540

alacriousness1657

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 205 (MED) Of tendre age vp goth perfectioun Of chiualers..Alacrite to lepe & renne vnwerned.

?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. b.vi^v That meruelouse alacrite langwished.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 26 I haue not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheere of mind that I was wont to haue.

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 128 The King hates bribes... These are stitches to the Princes sides, they impede his life, the alacrity and smoothnesse of it.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F4 The pleas'dness and alacrity, with which a Charitable person should set himself to the doing of good.

a1704 T. Brown Men & Women Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1707) I. 114 With what wonderful Alacrity you scamper'd over the Alps.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋2 It immediately gives an Alacrity to the Visage and new Grace to the whole Person.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 145 She wing'd him with alacrity divine.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii^*. 70 He accepted with grateful alacrity.

1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 344/1 It is needless to say that Mr. Beebe was waited on with alacrity.

1862 J. H. Russell Let. 29 June in D. D. Porter Naval Hist. Civil War (1886) 254/1 The officers and men performed their duty with the greatest alacrity and coolness.

1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. xxxi. 374 The strange, almost Parisian, alacrity that the first fine day will bring into London streets after a spell of fog or rain.

1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 159 I dropped the snake with alacrity.

1993 N.Y. Mag. 15 Feb. 104/3 She has trained her body to an enviable trimness and alacrity of motion.

2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xxiv. 185 Alan Burnethorpe made a half-hearted offer to pick up the tab, which Francis accepted with alacrity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alacrity
释义	alacrityn. Brit. /əˈlakrᵻti/, U.S. /əˈlækrədi/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s alacrite, 1500s alacryte, 1500s–1600s alacritie, 1500s–1600s alacrytie, 1500s– alacrity, 1600s alacrety, 1600s allacrity, 1600s allacrytie. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French alacrite; Latin alacritāt-, alacritās. Etymology: < (i) Middle French alacrite (French alacrité ) joy, cheerfulness, lightness of heart or spirit (1st half of the 15th cent.), ardour, vivacity (1542), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin alacritāt-, alacritās enthusiasm, zeal, liveliness < alacer (also alacris ) brisk (see alacrious adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Catalan alacritat (1498), Spanish alacridad (17th cent. or earlier), Italian alacrità (a1472). Liveliness, sprightliness; briskness, speed; cheerful readiness or willingness. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > promptness or alacrity readinessa1382 alacritya1460 promptitudea1460 thro1488 promptness1506 officiousness1596 earliness1617 alacriousness1657 slippiness1974 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > cheerful liveliness taitea1400 lightsomeness?a1425 alacritya1460 life1583 sprightfulness1602 airiness1628 alacriousness1657 animal spirits1701 spirits1716 chirpiness1867 form1877 chipperness1887 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [noun] > readiness or promptness readinessa1400 alacritya1460 forwardness1526 graithnessc1540 alacriousness1657 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 205 (MED) Of tendre age vp goth perfectioun Of chiualers..Alacrite to lepe & renne vnwerned. ?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. b.vi^v That meruelouse alacrite langwished. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 26 I haue not that alacrity of spirit Nor cheere of mind that I was wont to haue. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 128 The King hates bribes... These are stitches to the Princes sides, they impede his life, the alacrity and smoothnesse of it. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F4 The pleas'dness and alacrity, with which a Charitable person should set himself to the doing of good. a1704 T. Brown Men & Women Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1707) I. 114 With what wonderful Alacrity you scamper'd over the Alps. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋2 It immediately gives an Alacrity to the Visage and new Grace to the whole Person. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 145 She wing'd him with alacrity divine. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii^. 70 He accepted with grateful alacrity. 1859 Harper's Mag.* Feb. 344/1 It is needless to say that Mr. Beebe was waited on with alacrity. 1862 J. H. Russell Let. 29 June in D. D. Porter Naval Hist. Civil War (1886) 254/1 The officers and men performed their duty with the greatest alacrity and coolness. 1906 J. Galsworthy Man of Prop. xxxi. 374 The strange, almost Parisian, alacrity that the first fine day will bring into London streets after a spell of fog or rain. 1954 G. Durrell Bafut Beagles (1956) 159 I dropped the snake with alacrity. 1993 N.Y. Mag. 15 Feb. 104/3 She has trained her body to an enviable trimness and alacrity of motion. 2002 S. Brett Torso in Town (2003) xxiv. 185 Alan Burnethorpe made a half-hearted offer to pick up the tab, which Francis accepted with alacrity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1460
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