单词 | gaysome |
释义 | gaysomeadj. Now rare. 1. Full of gaiety; light-hearted, buoyant, cheerful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] > specifically of things, places, or seasons blithea1300 jocund?c1380 mirthful?a1513 gaysome1598 mirthsome1841 1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) sig. K2v A Nymph that haunted the greene Sestyan groues, And would consort soft virgins in their loves, At gaysome triumphs, and on solemne dayes. 1610 R. Niccols Winter Nights Vision in Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Normandie. vii And fier'd with heat of gaysome youth did venter, With warlike troopes the Norman coast to enter. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 194 His breast was heightned with the fire Of gaisome youth. 1839 D. M. Moir To Bust of Son v, in Poet. Wks. (1852) A gaysome elf, whose heart had ne'er Been tamed by grief. 1890 Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune 19 Feb. Many of the gaysome patrons of the concert merrily gathered around the festive board. 1946 Afr. Affairs 45 134 At the ferry thick crowds stood, In wistful but gaysome mood. 1999 Africa News (Nexis) 20 Sept. The chairman of the company..was in a rare display of gaysome exuberance as he waltzed to the music. 2. Inspiring with gaiety; cheery; pleasant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective] blitheOE merryOE golikc1175 lustya1225 playfulc1225 jollyc1305 merrya1350 jocund?c1380 galliardc1386 in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395 mirthfula1400 baudec1400 gayc1400 jovy1426 jocantc1440 crank1499 envoisiesa1500 as merry as a cricket1509 pleasant1530 frolic?1548 jolious1575 gleeful1586 buxom1590 gleesome1590 festival1592 laughter-loving1592 disposed1593 jucund1596 heartsomec1600 jovial1607 jovialist1610 laughsome1612 jocundary1618 gaysome1633 chirpinga1637 jovialissime1652 airy1654 festivous1654 hilarous1659 spleneticala1661 cocket1671 cranny1673 high1695 vogie1715 raffing?1719 festal1724 as merry (or lively) as a grig1728 hearty1755 tittuping1772 festive1774 fun-loving1776 mirthsome1787 Falstaffian1809 cranky1811 laughful1825 as lively as a cricket1832 hurrah1835 hilarious1838 Bacchic1865 laughterful1874 griggish1879 banzai1929 slap-you-on-the-back1932 1633 J. Ford Broken Heart ii. i. sig. D1 Island? prison: A prison is as gaysome: wee'll no islands. 1831 Lincoln Gaz. 14 Oct. 3/1 Oh, ask me not to sing to-night, Nor bid me touch the gaysome lute. 1854 W. White To Switzerland & Back (1855) ii.16 Paris..its dingy quarters as well as its gaysome places. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 14 Oct. 6/2 To a lady's blameless laughter..Which came most sincerely after She had read my gaysome lines. 1945 D. Hinshaw Man from Kansas ii. i. 96 The Kansas newspapers were bandying gaysome quips on the affected spelling of girls' names. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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