Easter eggn.

Brit.

/ˈiːstər ɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈistər ˌɛɡ/

Forms: see Easter n.¹ and egg n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Easter n.¹, egg n.

Etymology: < Easter n.¹ + egg n. Compare Middle High German ōsterei (German Osterei ). Compare pasch egg n. (and foreign-language forms cited at that entry), pace egg n.In sense 2 with allusion to Easter egg hunt n. at Compounds. Use in media contexts may have been influenced or popularized by the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), whose cast had an Easter Egg hunt on set, some of the eggs being visible during the film in various locations.

1. Traditionally: an egg, usually blown or hard-boiled and with a brightly dyed or painted shell, used as an Easter decoration or given as an Easter gift (cf. pace egg n.); (also) an egg-shaped wooden, porcelain, or jewelled trinket similarly given at Easter (cf. Russian Easter egg n. at Russian n. and adj. Compounds 2b). Later also: a hollow or solid egg-shaped chocolate confection given at Easter (now the usual sense outside the United States).

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a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation v. 404 Himself fast tyed to the said Crosse, where he tarried the space of one hour; During which time, the boyes served him with his Easter egges.

1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 1 Easter Egges of the Patriarchs of Jerusalem.

1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. 31/2 They then begin to give Easter eggs, which continues for a fortnight, a custom as well among the great as the small, the old as the young, who mutually make each other presents of them.

1772 tr. Antidote 199 The custom of giving eggs is only among the common people; and that not alone in Russia, but in Germany, and many other countries, where every one undeniably has heard of Easter eggs.

1804 M. Wilmot Let. 11 May in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 97 I must not forget Easter Sunday... The service is the same, and after it is over Easter Eggs are presented painted and carv'd and decorated in a variety of ways.

1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 425 Easter Eggs..pass about at Easter week under the name of pask, paste, or pace eggs.

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. i. 34 They would..marvel at the beautiful assortment of bonbons..especially, at this particular time of the year, the monstrous Easter-egg, of enchanting hue.

1921 Times 5 Mar. 7/1 A window filled with gorgeous Easter eggs, dominated by a chocolate one that any nursery would be glad to welcome.

1974 B. Buckley & J. Hamilton Festival 90 Past Mrs Raffles' lolly shop, with quilted Easter eggs in golden foil, and fat doughnuts with red jam eyes.

1979 Sunset Apr. 168/1 (heading) Swirls of color ‘marbleize’ these Easter eggs. Blow your own or buy them already blown.

2000 Victorian July 10/1 Thanks in part to the artistic world's continued fascination with his Imperial Easter eggs, the name of Carl Fabergé comes easily to mind when one is asked to name a famous jeweller-goldsmith.

2. Originally Computing. An unexpected or undocumented message or feature hidden in a piece of software, intended as a joke or bonus. Also: a feature of this kind in film, music, and other forms of information or entertainment.

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1986 Re: Few More Option-keys Tips in net.micro.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Apr. Why not have a periodically updated list of these option, command, and other combination Easter egg type-of-things?

1987 Re: Does Set Startup work Anymore? in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Nov. The Option-Command ‘About MultiFinder’ easter egg was a good laugh.

1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Dec. a20/1 Secret screens, also known as doodads and Easter eggs, can range from simple lists naming the development team to complex, animated whacks at competitors.

2004 E. Skoudis & L. Zeltser Malware vi. 281 Easter eggs are those unanticipated goofy little ‘features’ squirreled away in your software..that pop up under very special circumstances.

2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. w7/5 Shows like ‘Damages’, ‘Lost’ and ‘24’ drop clues, or ‘Easter eggs’, as TV writers call them, into episodes that flash on screen for mere seconds.

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Easter egg hunt n. originally U.S. a children's game in which the participants search for hidden Easter eggs; (in extended use) an act of hiding items for others to find; a search for something that has been hidden with the intention of its being found.

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1882 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 4 Apr. The children of the Sunday School of the Church of the Good Shepherd will have another one of those delightful Easter egg hunts..on Saturday.

1926 T. Roosevelt & K. Roosevelt East of Sun x. 248 Occasionally we hid our lesser belongings as a sort of Easter-egg hunt for the inhabitants of some village where we had spent the night.

1954 A. W. Foshay et al. Children's Social Values iii. 71 Friday is the day when the children would normally want to have an Easter Egg Hunt.

2002 New Yorker 22 Apr. 198/2 Empirical research has become something of an Easter-egg hunt, where you find only what you've already planted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	easter egg
释义	Easter eggn. Brit. /ˈiːstər ɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈistər ˌɛɡ/ Forms: see Easter n.¹ and egg n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Easter n.¹, egg n. Etymology: < Easter n.¹ + egg n. Compare Middle High German ōsterei (German Osterei ). Compare pasch egg n. (and foreign-language forms cited at that entry), pace egg n.In sense 2 with allusion to Easter egg hunt n. at Compounds. Use in media contexts may have been influenced or popularized by the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), whose cast had an Easter Egg hunt on set, some of the eggs being visible during the film in various locations. 1. Traditionally: an egg, usually blown or hard-boiled and with a brightly dyed or painted shell, used as an Easter decoration or given as an Easter gift (cf. pace egg n.); (also) an egg-shaped wooden, porcelain, or jewelled trinket similarly given at Easter (cf. Russian Easter egg n. at Russian n. and adj. Compounds 2b). Later also: a hollow or solid egg-shaped chocolate confection given at Easter (now the usual sense outside the United States). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > eggs > [noun] > Easter egg Easter egga1572 paste egg1611 pasch egg1677 paschal egg1844 society > faith > artefacts > consumables > Easter eggs > [noun] Easter egga1572 pace egg1579 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > Easter egg Easter egga1572 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation v. 404 Himself fast tyed to the said Crosse, where he tarried the space of one hour; During which time, the boyes served him with his Easter egges. 1656 J. Tradescant Musæum Tradescantianum 1 Easter Egges of the Patriarchs of Jerusalem. 1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. 31/2 They then begin to give Easter eggs, which continues for a fortnight, a custom as well among the great as the small, the old as the young, who mutually make each other presents of them. 1772 tr. Antidote 199 The custom of giving eggs is only among the common people; and that not alone in Russia, but in Germany, and many other countries, where every one undeniably has heard of Easter eggs. 1804 M. Wilmot Let. 11 May in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 97 I must not forget Easter Sunday... The service is the same, and after it is over Easter Eggs are presented painted and carv'd and decorated in a variety of ways. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 425 Easter Eggs..pass about at Easter week under the name of pask, paste, or pace eggs. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. i. 34 They would..marvel at the beautiful assortment of bonbons..especially, at this particular time of the year, the monstrous Easter-egg, of enchanting hue. 1921 Times 5 Mar. 7/1 A window filled with gorgeous Easter eggs, dominated by a chocolate one that any nursery would be glad to welcome. 1974 B. Buckley & J. Hamilton Festival 90 Past Mrs Raffles' lolly shop, with quilted Easter eggs in golden foil, and fat doughnuts with red jam eyes. 1979 Sunset Apr. 168/1 (heading) Swirls of color ‘marbleize’ these Easter eggs. Blow your own or buy them already blown. 2000 Victorian July 10/1 Thanks in part to the artistic world's continued fascination with his Imperial Easter eggs, the name of Carl Fabergé comes easily to mind when one is asked to name a famous jeweller-goldsmith. 2. Originally Computing. An unexpected or undocumented message or feature hidden in a piece of software, intended as a joke or bonus. Also: a feature of this kind in film, music, and other forms of information or entertainment. ΚΠ 1986 Re: Few More Option-keys Tips in net.micro.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Apr. Why not have a periodically updated list of these option, command, and other combination Easter egg type-of-things? 1987 Re: Does Set Startup work Anymore? in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Nov. The Option-Command ‘About MultiFinder’ easter egg was a good laugh. 1992 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Dec. a20/1 Secret screens, also known as doodads and Easter eggs, can range from simple lists naming the development team to complex, animated whacks at competitors. 2004 E. Skoudis & L. Zeltser Malware vi. 281 Easter eggs are those unanticipated goofy little ‘features’ squirreled away in your software..that pop up under very special circumstances. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. w7/5 Shows like ‘Damages’, ‘Lost’ and ‘24’ drop clues, or ‘Easter eggs’, as TV writers call them, into episodes that flash on screen for mere seconds. Compounds Easter egg hunt n. originally U.S. a children's game in which the participants search for hidden Easter eggs; (in extended use) an act of hiding items for others to find; a search for something that has been hidden with the intention of its being found. ΚΠ 1882 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 4 Apr. The children of the Sunday School of the Church of the Good Shepherd will have another one of those delightful Easter egg hunts..on Saturday. 1926 T. Roosevelt & K. Roosevelt East of Sun x. 248 Occasionally we hid our lesser belongings as a sort of Easter-egg hunt for the inhabitants of some village where we had spent the night. 1954 A. W. Foshay et al. Children's Social Values iii. 71 Friday is the day when the children would normally want to have an Easter Egg Hunt. 2002 New Yorker 22 Apr. 198/2 Empirical research has become something of an Easter-egg hunt, where you find only what you've already planted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1572
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