child's gamen.

Brit.

/ˈtʃʌɪl(d)z ɡeɪm/, U.S.

/ˈtʃaɪl(d)z ˌɡeɪm/

Forms:

α. Middle English– childes game, 1500s– chyldes game, 1600s–1700s childs game, 1800s– child's game.

β. 1500s–1700s childrens game, 1800s– children's game.

γ. Middle English– chylder-game, 1600s– childer game.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., game n.

Etymology: < child n. + game n., reflecting various forms of the genitive plural and genitive singular of the first element (see forms and discussion at child n.).

= child's play n. Chiefly (and now only) with indefinite article or no.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy

ball play?c1225

child's gamec1380

boys' play1538

walkover1861

picnic1870

pudding1884

cakewalk1886

pie1886

cinch1888

snipa1890

pushover1891

pinch1897

sitter1898

pipe1902

five-finger exercise1903

duck soup1912

pud1917

breeze1928

kid stuff1929

soda1930

piece of cake1936

doddle1937

snack1941

stroll1942

piece of piss1949

waltz1968

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial

gnatc1000

ball play?c1225

smalla1250

triflec1290

fly1297

child's gamec1380

motec1390

mitec1400

child's playc1405

trufferyc1429

toyc1450

curiosity1474

fly-winga1500

neither mass nor matins1528

boys' play1538

nugament1543

knack?1544

fable1552

nincety-fincety1566

mouse1584

molehill1590

coot1594

scoff1594

nidgery1611

pin matter1611

triviality1611

minuity1612

feathera1616

fillip1621

rattle1622

fiddlesticka1625

apex1625

rush candle1628

punctilio1631

rushlight1635

notchet1637

peppercorn1638

petty John1640

emptiness1646

fool-fangle1647

nonny-no1652

crepundian1655

fly-biting1659

pushpin1660

whinny-whanny1673

whiffle1680

straw1692

two and a plack1692

fiddle1695

trivial1715

barley-strawa1721

nothingism1742

curse1763

nihility1765

minutia1782

bee's knee1797

minutiae1797

niff-naff1808

playwork1824

floccinaucity1829

trivialism1830

chicken feed1834

nonsensical1842

meemaw1862

infinitesimality1867

pinfall1868

fidfad1875

flummadiddle1882

quantité négligeable1885

quotidian1902

pipsqueak1905

hickey1909

piddle1910

cream puff1920

squat1934

administrivia1937

chickenshit1938

cream puff1938

diddly-squat1963

non-issue1965

Tinkertoy1972

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > [noun]

child's playc1275

child's gamec1380

childer spell1606

c1380 in Speculum (1946) 21 197 It is but childes game þat þu witȝ dauid [= the Psalter] dayles.

a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) l. 154 (MED) I wot it ys no chylder-game, whan þay todedyr met.

?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. cxxxi^v It is no chyldes game to trifill with godes worde.

a1704 J. Gother Sincere Christian's Guide (1734) 56 They deceive themselves, and in an Affair of this Consequence, play seriously at Childrens Game.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot I. viii. 99 This is no children's game that we play; it seems the commissioners at Paris have thought proper to employ a frigate in the sport.

1977 Times 5 Jan. 4/7 Security at Italian jails..was so bad that escaping had become a child's game.

2004 J. Eldredge Epic Epil. 102 We must take this battle seriously. This is no child's game. This is war.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	childs game
释义	child's gamen. Brit. /ˈtʃʌɪl(d)z ɡeɪm/, U.S. /ˈtʃaɪl(d)z ˌɡeɪm/ Forms: α. Middle English– childes game, 1500s– chyldes game, 1600s–1700s childs game, 1800s– child's game. β. 1500s–1700s childrens game, 1800s– children's game. γ. Middle English– chylder-game, 1600s– childer game. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: child n., game n. Etymology: < child n. + game n., reflecting various forms of the genitive plural and genitive singular of the first element (see forms and discussion at child n.). = child's play n. Chiefly (and now only) with indefinite article or no. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy ball play?c1225 child's gamec1380 boys' play1538 walkover1861 picnic1870 pudding1884 cakewalk1886 pie1886 cinch1888 snipa1890 pushover1891 pinch1897 sitter1898 pipe1902 five-finger exercise1903 duck soup1912 pud1917 breeze1928 kid stuff1929 soda1930 piece of cake1936 doddle1937 snack1941 stroll1942 piece of piss1949 waltz1968 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > [noun] child's playc1275 child's gamec1380 childer spell1606 c1380 in Speculum (1946) 21 197 It is but childes game þat þu witȝ dauid [= the Psalter] dayles. a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) l. 154 (MED) I wot it ys no chylder-game, whan þay todedyr met. ?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. cxxxi^v It is no chyldes game to trifill with godes worde. a1704 J. Gother Sincere Christian's Guide (1734) 56 They deceive themselves, and in an Affair of this Consequence, play seriously at Childrens Game. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot I. viii. 99 This is no children's game that we play; it seems the commissioners at Paris have thought proper to employ a frigate in the sport. 1977 Times 5 Jan. 4/7 Security at Italian jails..was so bad that escaping had become a child's game. 2004 J. Eldredge Epic Epil. 102 We must take this battle seriously. This is no child's game. This is war. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1380
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