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单词 grinning
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grinningn.

/ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < grin v.2 + -ing suffix1.
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.
attributive.1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 695 The contraction of the levatores anguli oris, which gives the grinning expression peculiar to tetanus.

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.

/ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < grin v.2 + -ing suffix2.
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).
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