congratulationn.

/kənˌɡratjʊˈleɪʃən/

Etymology: < French congratulation, or < Latin congrātulātiōn-em , noun of action < congrātulārī : see congratulator n.

1. The action of congratulating; the expressing to anybody in a complimentary way gratification at his success, fortune, or happiness; felicitation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun]

gratulation1542

congratulation1591

felicitation1709

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxx. lxviii. 246 Only Gradassos faint congratulation, Makes men surmise, he thinks not as he saith.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xv. §10. 244 But we then praise, and celebrate in words..by Congratulation, which supposeth happinesse.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. iii. 49 His superiority..excited congratulation instead of envy.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 5 Not of itself regarded..as any matter for congratulation.

1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ii. 94 To the act of ‘rejoicing with others’ there is no single term appropriated..The outward expression of the feeling is, however, known as congratulation.

2. (with plural) An expression of such pleasure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] > an instance or expression of

gratulation1614

to give a person the parabien of1622

congratulation1632

joya1641

congratulatory1680

gratulatory1744

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 195 Congratulations she received not as a woman in child-bed, but as a Captaine vanquissant of a battel.

1749 S. Johnson Irene iv. vi. 61 That fawning Villain's forc'd Congratulations.

a1785 J. W. Fletcher Posthumous Pieces (1791) 283 I thank you..for your kind congratulations on my marriage.

†3. Grateful and glad acknowledgement on one's own behalf, rejoicing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > on one's own behalf

gratulation1482

congratulation1597

tripudiation1885

1597 J. Tanner Serm. Paules Crosse (new ed.) 73 And then in congratulation of all three, wee yeeld thee thankesgiving.

1623 Sir R. Naunton in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 193 Yet my penne..can not hold from an intire congratulation of this happie and holy day.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 240 The Text, which is as yet but of Lamentation, will grow an houre hence to be of Congratulation.

Derivatives

congratuˈlational adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [adjective]

congratulatory1523

gratulatory1577

complementing1627

gratulinga1640

congratulating1651

applaudatory1660

congratulant1667

congratulational1827

congratulative1848

1827 J. Bentham Let. 30 Jan. in Corr. (2006) XII. 302 Half-lamentational, half-congratulational, rhythmical commonplaces.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	congratulation
释义	congratulationn. /kənˌɡratjʊˈleɪʃən/ Etymology: < French congratulation, or < Latin congrātulātiōn-em , noun of action < congrātulārī : see congratulator n. 1. The action of congratulating; the expressing to anybody in a complimentary way gratification at his success, fortune, or happiness; felicitation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] gratulation1542 congratulation1591 felicitation1709 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxx. lxviii. 246 Only Gradassos faint congratulation, Makes men surmise, he thinks not as he saith. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xv. §10. 244 But we then praise, and celebrate in words..by Congratulation, which supposeth happinesse. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. iii. 49 His superiority..excited congratulation instead of envy. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 5 Not of itself regarded..as any matter for congratulation. 1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ii. 94 To the act of ‘rejoicing with others’ there is no single term appropriated..The outward expression of the feeling is, however, known as congratulation. 2. (with plural) An expression of such pleasure. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] > an instance or expression of gratulation1614 to give a person the parabien of1622 congratulation1632 joya1641 congratulatory1680 gratulatory1744 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 195 Congratulations she received not as a woman in child-bed, but as a Captaine vanquissant of a battel. 1749 S. Johnson Irene iv. vi. 61 That fawning Villain's forc'd Congratulations. a1785 J. W. Fletcher Posthumous Pieces (1791) 283 I thank you..for your kind congratulations on my marriage. †3. Grateful and glad acknowledgement on one's own behalf, rejoicing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > on one's own behalf gratulation1482 congratulation1597 tripudiation1885 1597 J. Tanner Serm. Paules Crosse (new ed.) 73 And then in congratulation of all three, wee yeeld thee thankesgiving. 1623 Sir R. Naunton in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 193 Yet my penne..can not hold from an intire congratulation of this happie and holy day. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 240 The Text, which is as yet but of Lamentation, will grow an houre hence to be of Congratulation. Derivatives congratuˈlational adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [adjective] congratulatory1523 gratulatory1577 complementing1627 gratulinga1640 congratulating1651 applaudatory1660 congratulant1667 congratulational1827 congratulative1848 1827 J. Bentham Let. 30 Jan. in Corr. (2006) XII. 302 Half-lamentational, half-congratulational, rhythmical commonplaces. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1591
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