单词 | agelastic |
释义 | agelasticn.adj. rare. A person who never laughs; = agelast n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > serious or solemn person gravet1582 agelastic1623 sobersides?1705 agelast1877 solemnsides1957 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. B 3v Agelasticke, one that neuer laughes. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Agelastic,..one that is perpetually sad. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Agelastick, one who never laughs. B. adj. literary. Never laughing; morose, laughter-hating. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] moodyc1300 distemprec1374 melancholiana1393 solein1399 darkc1440 gloomingc1440 girning1447 melancholyc1450 tetrical1528 tetric1533 distemperate1548 morose1565 sullen1570 stunt1581 humorous1590 gloomya1593 muddy1592 clum1599 dortya1605 humoursome1607 distempereda1616 musty1620 grum1640 agelastic1666 fusty1668 purdy1668 ill-humoured1693 gurly1721 mumpish1721 sunking1724 tetricous1727 sumphish1728 stunkard1737 sulky1744 muggard1746 farouche1765 sombrea1767 glumpy1780 glumpish1800 tiffy1810 splenitive1815 stuffy1825 liverish1828 troglodytish1866 glummy1884 humpy1889 scowly1951 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 1666 W. Austin Ἐπιλοίμια Ἔπη: Anat. Pestilence 101 His mirth's Abderian laughter; does but tend To make him agelastick in the end. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Agelastick... Morose. 1877 G. Meredith Ess. Comedy in New Q. Mag. 8 2 It is but one step from being agelastic to misogelastic. 2008 Guardian 25 Oct. (Review section) 19/1 Joseph Stalin..seems to have been somewhat agelastic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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