单词 | feastly |
释义 | feastlyadj. Originally: †fond of feasting (obsolete). Later: of or relating to a feast; characterized by feasting; befitting a feast; festive, jolly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [adjective] > festive (of person) feastlyc1405 festive1744 festal1863 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 273 A festlich man as fressh as May. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian sig. Aaa3 Nor have I..past by the Phrygian manner of Dancing, which was a drunken, and feastly kind of Revelling. 1865 J. de Liefde Six Months among Charities of Europe II. 155 Mr. Fingado invited all his friends, near and far, to a feastly inauguration of the new Asylum. 1898 Evening Democrat (Fort Madison, Iowa) 8 June A jolly and feastly time followed. 1962 M. M. Nazeer Rice Econ. Pakistan ii. 16 Rice plays an important role..in meals prepared on feastly occasions, being used in the preparation of a number of major feastly dishes. 2006 A. Jonaitis in E. Edwards et al. Sensible Objects v. 149 The preparation, presentation, and consumption of food can indicate the nature of a meal—private or public, everyday or feastly. 2015 M. O'Sullivan Sleeping Dogs 46 A party of bluebottles buzzing in feastly celebration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † feastlyadv. Obsolete. rare. In observance or celebration of a feast; (hence also) festively, merrily. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb] merryOE feastlya1325 gailya1375 gay?a1400 festivally?c1400 merrilyc1400 jocundly1471 mirthfully1508 jolly1615 chirpingly1650 jollily1670 jovially1704 festively1793 gleeishly1828 gleesomely1850 gleefully1862 hilariously1863 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adverb] feastlya1325 jovially1704 anacreontically1822 conviviallya1832 bonhomously1943 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3407 Ietro..at wið moysen festelike. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles ii. f. 17 The kynges of Samaria were afrayed lest the people shoulde fall agayne to the kyngdome of Iuda..yf they shuld somtyme resorte to Hierusalem feastly, to do theyr sacrifyce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021). < adj.c1405adv.a1325 |
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