confettin.

Brit.

/kənˈfɛti/, U.S.

/kənˈfɛdi/

Etymology: < Italian confetti, plural of confetto comfit n.

With plural and singular agreement.

a. Bon-bons, or plaster or paper imitations of these, thrown during carnival in Italy; (in the U.K., U.S., etc.) esp. little discs, etc., of coloured paper thrown at the bride and bridegroom at weddings.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of

palmOE

peal1509

illumination1797

feu de joie1801

confetti1815

street decoration1846

piñata1868

Venetian mast1883

serpentin1894

ticker tape1902

1815 J. Mayne Jrnl. 5 Feb. (1909) 275 A principal part of the amusement of a masking day consists in throwing confetti; these are little balls, the size of a small marble, made of some soft white plaister that makes a mark wherever it strikes.

1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 178 The spectators..would empty down great bags of confetti, that descended like a cloud, and..made them white as millers.

1860 Once a Week 24 Mar. 284 In the centre of their carriage stands a huge basket of confetti.

1883 J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Years at Eton i. 5 The confetti which are flung from the balconies of Roman houses at Carnival time.

1895 Daily News 27 Feb. 5/4 People young and old carry bags full of these confetti and fling them by handfuls in each other's faces and stuff them down their necks.

1895 Daily News 26 Apr. 3/2 Visitors to the Riviera..were assured..that the confetti to be used at Eastbourne would be the small parti~coloured paper discs which are known in France, and which are taking the place of the time-honoured rice at English wedding festivities.

1897 Daily News 3 Mar. 7/3 A real shower of rain put a stop to confetti-flinging.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/1 A wild carnival of confetti-throwing and other forms of horseplay.

1918 E. Sitwell Clowns' Houses 26 Like coloured dust Or feverish confetti.

1948 Oxf. Junior Encycl. I. 298/2 Our custom of throwing confetti at weddings is a recent change from the older practice of casting rice.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin ii. 23 The trees..sprayed their flustered birds into the skies, That plumed confetti, soaring far and frail.

1940 C. Day Lewis Poems in Wartime 7 Litter of rubble, stale Confetti sprinkle of blood.

1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 Confetti, ammunition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	confetti
释义	confettin. Brit. /kənˈfɛti/, U.S. /kənˈfɛdi/ Etymology: < Italian confetti, plural of confetto comfit n. With plural and singular agreement. a. Bon-bons, or plaster or paper imitations of these, thrown during carnival in Italy; (in the U.K., U.S., etc.) esp. little discs, etc., of coloured paper thrown at the bride and bridegroom at weddings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of palmOE peal1509 illumination1797 feu de joie1801 confetti1815 street decoration1846 piñata1868 Venetian mast1883 serpentin1894 ticker tape1902 1815 J. Mayne Jrnl. 5 Feb. (1909) 275 A principal part of the amusement of a masking day consists in throwing confetti; these are little balls, the size of a small marble, made of some soft white plaister that makes a mark wherever it strikes. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 178 The spectators..would empty down great bags of confetti, that descended like a cloud, and..made them white as millers. 1860 Once a Week 24 Mar. 284 In the centre of their carriage stands a huge basket of confetti. 1883 J. Brinsley-Richards Seven Years at Eton i. 5 The confetti which are flung from the balconies of Roman houses at Carnival time. 1895 Daily News 27 Feb. 5/4 People young and old carry bags full of these confetti and fling them by handfuls in each other's faces and stuff them down their necks. 1895 Daily News 26 Apr. 3/2 Visitors to the Riviera..were assured..that the confetti to be used at Eastbourne would be the small parti~coloured paper discs which are known in France, and which are taking the place of the time-honoured rice at English wedding festivities. 1897 Daily News 3 Mar. 7/3 A real shower of rain put a stop to confetti-flinging. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/1 A wild carnival of confetti-throwing and other forms of horseplay. 1918 E. Sitwell Clowns' Houses 26 Like coloured dust Or feverish confetti. 1948 Oxf. Junior Encycl. I. 298/2 Our custom of throwing confetti at weddings is a recent change from the older practice of casting rice. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin ii. 23 The trees..sprayed their flustered birds into the skies, That plumed confetti, soaring far and frail. 1940 C. Day Lewis Poems in Wartime 7 Litter of rubble, stale Confetti sprinkle of blood. 1941 New Statesman 30 Aug. 218/3 Confetti, ammunition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1815
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