cherry-fairn.

Forms: see cherry n. and fair n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., fair n.²

Etymology: < cherry n. + fair n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcherry-fair.

A fair held in cherry-orchards for the sale of the fruit, ‘still kept up in Worcestershire’ (Halliwell); often the scene of boisterous gaiety and licence. Formerly a frequent symbol of the shortness of life and the fleeting nature of its pleasures: cf. cherry-feast n. at cherry n. Compounds 2a.

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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being

shadowa1272

breathc1275

cloudc1384

cherry-fair1393

transitorya1500

fume1531

forwhilea1557

flitter1623

ephemeran1643

daysman1658

transient1660

fugitive1683

transiency1728

ephemera1751

ephemeron1771

perishable1822

toadstool1823

evanescence1830

a sometime thing1935

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. Prol. 19 For al is but a chery feire This worldes good.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (1860) clxxxv. 47 Thy lyfe, my sone, is but a chery feire.

1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. F.ij So hasty fruytes be a pleasure..for the tyme, but theyr tyme is but as a chery feyre.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Edward IV. ii As a chery fayre ful of woe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	cherry-fair
释义	cherry-fairn. Forms: see cherry n. and fair n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., fair n.² Etymology: < cherry n. + fair n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcherry-fair. A fair held in cherry-orchards for the sale of the fruit, ‘still kept up in Worcestershire’ (Halliwell); often the scene of boisterous gaiety and licence. Formerly a frequent symbol of the shortness of life and the fleeting nature of its pleasures: cf. cherry-feast n. at cherry n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience > transient thing or being shadowa1272 breathc1275 cloudc1384 cherry-fair1393 transitorya1500 fume1531 forwhilea1557 flitter1623 ephemeran1643 daysman1658 transient1660 fugitive1683 transiency1728 ephemera1751 ephemeron1771 perishable1822 toadstool1823 evanescence1830 a sometime thing1935 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. Prol. 19 For al is but a chery feire This worldes good. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (1860) clxxxv. 47 Thy lyfe, my sone, is but a chery feire. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. F.ij So hasty fruytes be a pleasure..for the tyme, but theyr tyme is but as a chery feyre. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Edward IV. ii As a chery fayre ful of woe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1393
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