单词 | gossiping |
释义 | gossipingn. The action of gossip v. 1. A christening or christening-feast. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > feast following christening1617 gossipinga1627 a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) ii. 18 You'le to the Gossiping of Mr Allwits Child? 1728 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. (Exeter) 30 Aug. Last Sunday Afternoon was celebrated here a Gossipping, or held a jovial Meeting of Good Wives and Sweethearts, to solemnize the Baptism of a Child. 1756 J. Willme Sepherah Shelosh 201 in Palatine Note-bk. (1881) I. 118 At the First Gift of whose Name (commonly called a Gossiping or Up~sit-Feast of Urbanity) there was a very great Rejoising, of many Neighbours and Relations. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Gossipping, a christening feast. Hence the act of frequently attending such gatherings. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] treschec1290 laetificationc1485 gossiping1557 special occasion1574 merry-meeting1597 merrymaking1618 frolic1645 merriment1663 rush1788 convivialities1830 merrymake1833 upshot1837 ball1879 spurt1885 sing-sing1899 jolly1905 rage1980 society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gathering at birth of child gossiping1557 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) ii. vii. 96 b They remember more the gossippinges that they haue to go, then their sinnes, which they ought to lament. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 506 They chew these leaves; and in their gossippings or visiting of their friends, they are..presented with them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 422 Will you walke in to see their gossipping ? View more context for this quotation 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (at cited word) A gossiping, a merry meeting of gossips at a woman's lying in. 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. June 677/1 Methought..I was present..at an angel's gossiping. 3. a. The action of talking idly, or tattling; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearing murmurationc1485 tattling1547 talebearing1571 by-babbling1614 twittinga1643 gossiping1712 gossipry1818 gossipred1828 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping taling1382 susurrationa1425 trattlinga1425 tittlinga1450 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 tittle-tattlinga1586 news-making1707 gossiping1712 gossipry1818 gossipred1828 anecdoting1845 calleting1905 hen-cackle1907 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 310. ⁋9 Give us a Speculation on Gossipping. 1765 S. Foote Commissary iii. 47 These kind of women are a good deal given to gossiping. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson I. 2 A considerable portion is not devoid of entertainment to the lovers of literary gossiping. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 212 The gossiping of a profound politician..often, by a spontaneous stroke, reveals the individual. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne I. xvii. 293 I shall be heartily glad to leave this place, with all this impertinent gossiping and scandal. b. An assemblage, where this is the chief occupation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > assemblage or centre for chat or gossip gossiping1630 talking-shop1912 1630 J. Taylor Goose in Wks. i. 105/1 The fashion of her prate Our wiues at Gossipings doe imitate. 1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 62 They talked those matters over in their evening gossipings. 4. A literary composition of a light and chatty character. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > chatty gossiping1814 1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 118 Mr. Walter Savage Landor..author of an epic piece of gossiping called Gebir. 5. attributive. ΚΠ 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxxvi. sig. G10v His friendships are a kinde of Gossiping friendships. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. v. 98 Those gossiping scenes of a play, in which the lacqueys, and waiting-maids lay their heads together. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 99 The Captain's lodge..was a kind of council fire and gossiping place for the veterans of the camp. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). gossipingadj. That gossips or indulges in light and idle talk: a. of persons. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [adjective] > tale-bearing telltale1573 tattling1581 whispering1581 gossiping1618 clyping1722 rumouring1824 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping tittling1565 tittle-tattle1598 gossiping1618 tittle-tattling1720 anecdotical1732 anecdoting1740 anecdotic1791 gossipy1818 talky-talky1831 anecdotive1857 mauvais langue1961 1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison 21 A prisoner is as much beholding to such leape-frog acquaintance, as a man shaken with the Ague to euery gossipping woman hee meetes. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cclxiii. 229 A Bevy of Jolly, Gossipping Wenches. 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 32 People boast of a new acquaintance, as ‘a pleasant gossiping fellow’. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. vii. 82 The good woman, kindly and gossipping, seemed rather pleased than otherwise with having somebody come in to talk with. b. of conversation and literary composition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > chatty gossiping1709 gossipy1818 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 118 Who..wou'd set her [religion]..on the same bottom with Parish-Tales, and Gossiping Storys of Imps, Goblins [etc.]. 1729 W. Law Serious Call i. 5 If you was to ask him..why he gives himself up to an idle gossiping conversation? 1750 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 1 Sept. This I call a very gossiping letter. 1831 Mrs. Trollope in A. G. L'Estrange Friendships M. R. Mitford (1882) I. viii. 227 My book is gossiping, and..faithfully true to the evidence of my senses. 1860 C. Dickens Let. 7 Jan. (1997) IX. 195 An idea for my series of gossiping papers. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xix. 194 A gossiping sketch, and claiming no controversial importance. Derivatives ˈgossipingly adv. in a gossiping manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adverb] > in a chatty or gossiping manner gossipingly1817 chattingly1823 society > communication > information > rumour > [adverb] > tale-bearing gossipingly1817 1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 141 The most superficial [philosophers were] public and gossipingly social. 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 209 Such was the formula by which we were first gossipingly made acquainted with the subject. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1557adj.1618 |
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