allegressen.

Brit.

/ˌalᵻˈɡrɛs/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈɡrɛs/

Forms: 1600s allaigresse, 1600s allegress, 1700s– allegresse.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allégresse.

Etymology: < French allégresse (13th cent. in Old French) < allègre (ultimately < classical Latin alacris (also alacer ) brisk, sprightly: see alacrious adj.) + -esse -ess suffix². Compare earlier allegrement adv.

Joyfulness, cheerfulness; liveliness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry

merrinesseOE

jollitya1350

jollinessc1386

jocundityc1420

festivity1583

buxomness1598

joviality1626

mirthsomenessa1645

jocosity1646

allegresse1652

jovialness1658

mirthfulness1749

festiveness1777

zizz1920

gleefulness1934

1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 91 They raised their shouts of allegress up to the very heavens.

1784 M. Berry Jrnl. 7 June (1865) I. 124 I went up to the dancers, hoping to see that real gaiety and allegresse in all their motions.

1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester III. 170 He..glanced into the room with an air of allegresse to bid me adieu.

1878 J. Payne Lautrec iii. 43 Hymning the golden allegresse Of wedded love.

1904 F. S. Isham Black Friday i. x. 114 His was the allegresse of the ecclesiastical essence; with a cheering chirp for the ladies and a playful pat for the men.

1989 A. Horne Macmillan II. vi. 162 He would keep dons up long after dinner,..his intellectual strength and allegresse growing with the night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allegresse
释义	allegressen. Brit. /ˌalᵻˈɡrɛs/, U.S. /ˌæləˈɡrɛs/ Forms: 1600s allaigresse, 1600s allegress, 1700s– allegresse. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allégresse. Etymology: < French allégresse (13th cent. in Old French) < allègre (ultimately < classical Latin alacris (also alacer ) brisk, sprightly: see alacrious adj.) + -esse -ess suffix². Compare earlier allegrement adv. Joyfulness, cheerfulness; liveliness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry merrinesseOE jollitya1350 jollinessc1386 jocundityc1420 festivity1583 buxomness1598 joviality1626 mirthsomenessa1645 jocosity1646 allegresse1652 jovialness1658 mirthfulness1749 festiveness1777 zizz1920 gleefulness1934 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 91 They raised their shouts of allegress up to the very heavens. 1784 M. Berry Jrnl. 7 June (1865) I. 124 I went up to the dancers, hoping to see that real gaiety and allegresse in all their motions. 1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester III. 170 He..glanced into the room with an air of allegresse to bid me adieu. 1878 J. Payne Lautrec iii. 43 Hymning the golden allegresse Of wedded love. 1904 F. S. Isham Black Friday i. x. 114 His was the allegresse of the ecclesiastical essence; with a cheering chirp for the ladies and a playful pat for the men. 1989 A. Horne Macmillan II. vi. 162 He would keep dons up long after dinner,..his intellectual strength and allegresse growing with the night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652
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