单词 | grinning |
释义 | grinningn. The action of grin v.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > drawing lips back in anger grinning?c1225 the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [noun] > grinning grinning1689 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 158 Hu þe atheliche deouel schal ȝet agesten ham wið hise grimme grennunge. c1450 J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 29 Grennynge & mowynge at þi table eschewe. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 227/2 Grennyng, makyng of an yvell Countynaunce. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 43v In the one hir grinning will shewe hir deformed. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 476 Turning himselfe, with a scornfull grinning hee fighteth withall his force against the Dogges. 1689 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 80 Grinning and rejoycing of phanatiques upon the news of the conspirators being bayl'd. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶6 A great Master in the whole Art of Grinning. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges ii. 85 The old poets have sung a hundred jolly ditties about great cudgel-playings, famous grinning through horse-collars..and morris-dances. Compounds grinning-match n. a competition in grinning or grimacing (see also horse-collar n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > other party or parlour games drawing of glovesc1540 drawing gloves1599 substantives and adjectives1601 draw gloves1648 grinning-match1711 Move All1782 consequences1811 stagecoach1831 letters1845 Russian scandal1861 buzz1864 snap1865 slappy1868 apple-ducking1886 up Jenkins1889 piladex1895 telephone1910 hot potato1915 sardines1924 murder in the dark1930 pass the parcel1953 seven minutes in (also of) heaven1953 Chinese whispers1964 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶5 An Account..of one of these Grinning Matches. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iii. §31 The Grinning Match is performed by two or more persons..each of them having his head thrust through a horse's collar. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 18 Mr. Shanks..contrived to assemble his customers with a grinning-match. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 675 Whistling matches. Grinning ditto, through a horse-collar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). grinningadj. That grins, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adjective] > grinning grinning1413 girning1598 ringent1800 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xxx. 80 Hornes or grennyng teeth to aferen fooles. 1561 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 117 She..callid hym ‘grinninge thief’. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. G3 Seeming wondrous glad, That by his grenning laughter mote farre off be rad. View more context for this quotation 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 59 I like not such grinning honour as sir Walter hath, giue me life. View more context for this quotation 1694 Ld. Delamere Wks. 25 To pinch your Servants bellies to make entertainments, is a piece of grinning honour. 1747 T. Gray Ode Eton Coll. 7 To bitter Scorn a Sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iii. ii. 89 O'er their shrine Sate grinning Ribaldry and sneering Scorn. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvi. 423 No earthly covering masks the grinning rocks of Pröven. Derivatives ˈgrinningly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > [adverb] > grinning on the (broad or high) grin1738 grinningly1755 all agrin1828 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.?c1225adj.1413 |
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