go-as-you-pleaseadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɡəʊəzjuːˈpliːz/, U.S.

/ˌɡoʊəzˌjuˈpliz/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: go v., as adv., you pron., please v.

Etymology: < the imperative of go v. + as adv. + you pron. + please v. Compare as you please at please v. 6e.

A. adj.

Originally: (of a race, esp. a walking race) freestyle. Later more generally: unconstrained by rules or conventions as to how to proceed; free-and-easy.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without rules

go-as-you-please1878

1855 Spirit of Times 11 Aug. 301/3 Two of the best trotting stallions of one age, and by one sire, in this or any country, for $5000, go as you please.]

1878 York Herald 11 Nov. 8/6 The promoters must regret that they ever started so foolish a venture, and one so likely to imperil the future of their newly popular hobby of ‘go as you please’ long distance [walking] competitions.

1879 N. Middlesex Mag. Dec. 130/1 If the wise men can only hit upon some independent go-as-you-please line of grammar.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 1/2 Governments entering into a go-as-you-please competition in annexation.

1906 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 259 The era of the unscientific, haphazard, go-as-you-please style of farming is rapidly becoming obsolete.

1933 M. Steen Peepshow viii. 106 Although a Nigger Minstrel Show looks very go-as-you-please it really needs as much rehearsal as any play.

1973 Economist 27 Jan. (International Banking Suppl.) 13/1 The go-as-you-please honeymoon after the Smithsonian realignment of parities in December, 1971, was brief indeed.

2005 Marmac Guide Las Vegas 28 Las Vegas has a go-as-you-please attitude. It's rather relaxed and casual most of the time.

B. n.

Originally U.S. A go-as-you-please race; (later more generally) a free-for-all. Also: absence of rules or discipline; laissez-faire; casualness.In quot. 1880 apparently with humorous allusion to a walking race.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > in which anyone or everyone joins

battle royal1672

free fight1729

knock-down (and) drag-out1809

rough and tumble1821

free-for-all1874

go-as-you-please1880

1880 L. M. Alcott Jack & Jill xix, in St. Nicholas Aug. 780/2 Jack took a little promenade... ‘You 'd better hurry up, or you won't get your chores done before breakfast. No time for a “go as you please” now,’ said Frank.

1885 Boston Post 11 May The six-day go-as-you-please on roller skates was begun at 12:05 this morning at the Madison-Square garden.

1887 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 125/1 We know of no go-as-you-please that is more destitute of all moral impulse or direction than the go-as-you-please of municipal politics.

1909 Putnam's Mag. Aug. 631/1 We engaged him to do a monthly turn for the Critic... It was a sort of go-as-you-please, having the general title of ‘Salt and Sincerity’.

1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through i. iv. 117 Explaining..to this American..how excellent was the backwardness of Essex and English go-as-you-please.

1968 C. P. Curran James Joyce Remembered iii. 73 The go-as-you-please of Paris made it his longest and most congenial abode.

2004 Internat. Hist. Jrnl. 26 570 One has to be on the backs of the natives, sit behind them and say, it will be so and not the old go-as-you-please.

Derivatives

ˌgo-as-you-ˈpleaseness n. rare lack of regularity or order; freedom from regulation or convention; easygoingness.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [noun] > absence of rules

rulelessness1853

go-as-you-pleaseness1898

Rafferty's rules1918

1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Nov. 4/2 The go-as-you-pleaseness of our ‘friendlies’.

1910 G. Saintsbury Hist. Eng. Prosody III. xi. iii. 430 The most fatal thing of all is his eager adoption..of Mr. Symonds's notions about the ‘go-as-you-pleaseness’ of blank verse.

1927 Observer 1 May 15/3 The impromptu quality of the entertainment—its untidy go-as-you-please-ness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	go-as-you-please
释义	go-as-you-pleaseadj.n. Brit. /ˌɡəʊəzjuːˈpliːz/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊəzˌjuˈpliz/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: go v., as adv., you pron., please v. Etymology: < the imperative of go v. + as adv. + you pron. + please v. Compare as you please at please v. 6e. A. adj. Originally: (of a race, esp. a walking race) freestyle. Later more generally: unconstrained by rules or conventions as to how to proceed; free-and-easy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without rules go-as-you-please1878 1855 Spirit of Times 11 Aug. 301/3 Two of the best trotting stallions of one age, and by one sire, in this or any country, for $5000, go as you please.] 1878 York Herald 11 Nov. 8/6 The promoters must regret that they ever started so foolish a venture, and one so likely to imperil the future of their newly popular hobby of ‘go as you please’ long distance [walking] competitions. 1879 N. Middlesex Mag. Dec. 130/1 If the wise men can only hit upon some independent go-as-you-please line of grammar. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 1/2 Governments entering into a go-as-you-please competition in annexation. 1906 Pop. Sci. Monthly Mar. 259 The era of the unscientific, haphazard, go-as-you-please style of farming is rapidly becoming obsolete. 1933 M. Steen Peepshow viii. 106 Although a Nigger Minstrel Show looks very go-as-you-please it really needs as much rehearsal as any play. 1973 Economist 27 Jan. (International Banking Suppl.) 13/1 The go-as-you-please honeymoon after the Smithsonian realignment of parities in December, 1971, was brief indeed. 2005 Marmac Guide Las Vegas 28 Las Vegas has a go-as-you-please attitude. It's rather relaxed and casual most of the time. B. n. Originally U.S. A go-as-you-please race; (later more generally) a free-for-all. Also: absence of rules or discipline; laissez-faire; casualness.In quot. 1880 apparently with humorous allusion to a walking race. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > in which anyone or everyone joins battle royal1672 free fight1729 knock-down (and) drag-out1809 rough and tumble1821 free-for-all1874 go-as-you-please1880 1880 L. M. Alcott Jack & Jill xix, in St. Nicholas Aug. 780/2 Jack took a little promenade... ‘You 'd better hurry up, or you won't get your chores done before breakfast. No time for a “go as you please” now,’ said Frank. 1885 Boston Post 11 May The six-day go-as-you-please on roller skates was begun at 12:05 this morning at the Madison-Square garden. 1887 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 125/1 We know of no go-as-you-please that is more destitute of all moral impulse or direction than the go-as-you-please of municipal politics. 1909 Putnam's Mag. Aug. 631/1 We engaged him to do a monthly turn for the Critic... It was a sort of go-as-you-please, having the general title of ‘Salt and Sincerity’. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through i. iv. 117 Explaining..to this American..how excellent was the backwardness of Essex and English go-as-you-please. 1968 C. P. Curran James Joyce Remembered iii. 73 The go-as-you-please of Paris made it his longest and most congenial abode. 2004 Internat. Hist. Jrnl. 26 570 One has to be on the backs of the natives, sit behind them and say, it will be so and not the old go-as-you-please. Derivatives ˌgo-as-you-ˈpleaseness n. rare lack of regularity or order; freedom from regulation or convention; easygoingness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [noun] > absence of rules rulelessness1853 go-as-you-pleaseness1898 Rafferty's rules1918 1898 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Nov. 4/2 The go-as-you-pleaseness of our ‘friendlies’. 1910 G. Saintsbury Hist. Eng. Prosody III. xi. iii. 430 The most fatal thing of all is his eager adoption..of Mr. Symonds's notions about the ‘go-as-you-pleaseness’ of blank verse. 1927 Observer 1 May 15/3 The impromptu quality of the entertainment—its untidy go-as-you-please-ness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1878
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