happy familyn.

Brit.

/ˌhapɪ ˈfam(ᵻ)li/,

/ˌhapɪ ˈfaml̩i/, U.S.

/ˌhæpi ˈfæm(ə)li/

Forms: see happy adj. and family n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: happy adj., family n.

Etymology: < happy adj. + family n.The card game at sense 2 was first published by John Jaques and Son, games manufacturer of Hatton Garden, London, and reportedly shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851, although contemporary documentary evidence for this has not been found.

a. A family living together harmoniously (frequently as a conventional description). Also figurative: a group characterized by high morale, team spirit, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen

happy family1534

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] > domestic happiness

happy family1534

roses round the door1825

1534 U. von Hutten in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester Pref. sig. Bv^v This is an happie family and kynred which hathe ben ordained of god, to the helping, promotyng, and fortheryng of good lernyng.

1615 P. Gordon Famous Hist. Bruce i. sig. Mii How that happie famelie aroise To fortunes height where at the world may gaize.

1711 Hermit 1 Dec. 2/1 Here's a good Foundation of a Happy Family, there's likely to be a Towardly Race where Youth has Leading-strings to guide 'em into Ruin.

1753 S. Fielding David Simple: Vol. the Last v. i. 40 Thus settled in their humble Cottage, still might our Society retain the Name of The happy Family.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. viii. 87 The glad promise, given To our first parent, that at length his sons..Should form one happy family of love.

1899 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 10/5 The happy family of spydom assembled in Panizzardi's dining-room.

1927 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 539 The happy family is the squadron or flight, and the misery of discipline..is resident in depots and work-shops.

1946 Visct. Montgomery El Alamein Foreword The Eighth Army was a very happy family.

2003 N. Slater Toast 177 Dad honestly believes he has created a storybook happy family, that lives in a pretty cottage with roses round the door.

b. A collection of diverse animals (or fish) living together in harmony in one cage (or tank, etc.), esp. one exhibited as a curiosity. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > collection of different animals

happy family1824

zoo1910

1792 S. Gunning Anecd. Delborough Family I. xiv. 183 Dogs, monkeys, birds, and squirrels of fashion..would sit on their lady's toilet, nestle in her muff, or creep into her pocket..through this whole polite and happy family, nothing was neglected but their morals.]

1824 Sat. Night 1 454/2 A Happy Family. There is a man travelling, and exhibiting in one cage, a dog, a cat, a mouse, and a sparrow: they live together like brothers and sisters.

1855 P. T. Barnum Life x. 280 We also took a peep at the effigy of the celebrated ‘Peeping Tom’, after which we visited an exhibition called the ‘Happy Family’.

1868 F. Harrison Let. 11 Nov. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1955) IV. 484 I know of no worse instance of the monkey-like criticism of the day, than the way in which the hedge-sparrows of the reviews (forgive this ‘happy family’ of metaphors) chirrup out their blame or praise.

1905 E. T. Seton Animal Heroes (new ed.) 34 Kitty and Bunny were carefully put in a large wire cage and exhibited as a happy family till a few days later, when the Rabbit took sick and died.

2011 J. Hamera Parlor Ponds ii. 80 The ‘happy family’ in the tank reflected the equilibrium of sentiments in the one outside it.

2. In plural. A children's card game played with a pack of special cards, each card depicting on its face a member of a ‘family’ of four.The families are traditionally named after trades, as Mr Bun the Baker, Mrs Bun the Baker's Wife, Master Bun the Baker's Son, and Miss Bun the Baker's Daughter. The winner of the game is the player who completes the most families by exchanging cards with other players.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > children's or simple games > [noun]

snap snorum1622

beggar-my-neighbour1734

snip-snap-snorum1755

old maid1831

pounce commerce1847

muggins1855

happy families1861

author1863

snap1881

strip-jack-naked1881

spoof1884

animal grab1894

grab1900

donkey1920

1861 Morning Chron. 13 Dec. 2/1 (advt.) Jaques' new game, Happy Families, a capital round game for juvenile parties.

1867 Bookseller 12 Dec. 1210 (advt.) Snap, 48 Cards, 1s. Happy Families, 44 Cards, 1s.

1871 Exchange & Mart 25 Jan. 97/2 My children play at ‘Bible Quartets’, in the same way as ‘Happy Families’ are played.

1881 Cassell's Bk. In-Door Amusem. 142 The well-known game of Happy Families is nothing but a variation of Spade the Gardener.

1918 ‘C. Dane’ First Blade xxvi. 226 The perfect partner..distilled from such raw ingredients as a dislike of being beaten and an early passion for Happy Families.

1954 E. Hyams Stories & Cream 50 ‘Play cards, pal?’.. The other man said, in a rather nasty way, ‘Ah, 'appy families, I suppose?’

1955 J. Lehmann Whispering Gallery iv. 225 We were like a pack of cards for Happy Families.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) ii. 37 Even board and card games were banished from Virus's life: Carrom and rummy, Totopoly and Happy Families, Chinese chequers and Snap.

3. Australian. Either of two songbirds that typically occur in small groups: the apostlebird or grey jumper, Struthidea cinerea (family Corcoracidae), and the grey-crowned babbler, Pomatostomus temporalis (family Pomatostomidae). In later use also: any Australasian babbler of the family Pomatostomidae.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Grallinidae > struthidea cinerea (apostle-bird)

apostle-bird1934

happy family1958

1901 A. J. North Nests & Eggs of Birds (Austral. Mus., Sydney, Spec. Catal. 1) I. 18 From their habit of associating in flocks, they are known nearly all over New South Wales, and the south-eastern portions of Queensland, as the ‘Twelve Apostles’, a name also shared in some parts with that of ‘Happy Family’ for Pomatostomus Temporalis.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xii. 211 The Grey-crowned Babbler is known..as the..happy family, happy jack.

1958 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 2) 69 Also called Grey Jumper, Happy Family.

1963 Austral. Encycl. I. 385/1 Babblers..commonly known as catbirds (or caties), chatterers, happy families, and apostle-birds.

2010 N. Rothwell Red Highway (ed. 2) 163 One of their [sc. babblers] more common names is ‘happy families’, because they argue all the time.

Phrases

P1. one (also a) (great) big happy family: a group of people who coexist happily and harmoniously and work towards the same goals (sometimes ironic); also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1879 Chester (Pa.) Daily Times 13 Sept. 5/4 Cadets from nearly every State in the Union. A big happy family.

1894 Midland Monthly Dec. 490/2 ‘O, I know, you want to reduce the whole human race to one big happy family’, retorted Grace; ‘but God never meant it to be so!’

1922 J. T. Smith in H. E. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 387 The whole affair would suggest to you a sort of Passion Play in which there was neither Judas nor Pilot, but just a great, big happy family of ham producers.

1924 E. Horne What Butler winked At v. 91 I think this sort of thing keeps servants together, makes them just one great big happy family.

1932 Week-end Rev. 30 July 139/2 You just treat 'em like one big, happy family.

1961 R. Engler Politics of Oil ix. 230 The issue of imports periodically threatens to destroy the heavily financed image of oildom as one big happy family.

1995 Independent (Nexis) 22 Sept. 22 What on earth can they have to hide? Surely the newly merged house is just one big happy family.

2003 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 2nd Ser. Episode 4. 153 Brent. (addressing the room ) Hello, sorry everybody. Um, look, we are one big happy family here, yeah?

P2. to play happy families: to behave like a harmonious, contented family, esp. only as a pretence; also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1962 New Statesman 28 Dec. 935/1 The Christmas card was an extension of all this: playing happy families by remote control.

1969 Guardian 25 Feb. 11/5 It may be unfortunate that President Nixon will find Europe bickering the way it is, but it would be no use pretending that we are playing Happy Families.

1985 Guardian (Nexis) 23 Jan. From time to time we have a big fight and they all accuse me of being a parasite, and in a way I agree with them, but what can I do? It's difficult playing happy families continually but if we could just play some of the time it would help.

2013 Independent (Nexis) 19 Jan. It is probably the most Machiavellian we've seen the statsminister since she forced her unfaithful husband to play happy families in front of the press during last season's finale.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	happy family
释义	happy familyn. Brit. /ˌhapɪ ˈfam(ᵻ)li/, /ˌhapɪ ˈfaml̩i/, U.S. /ˌhæpi ˈfæm(ə)li/ Forms: see happy adj. and family n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: happy adj., family n. Etymology: < happy adj. + family n.The card game at sense 2 was first published by John Jaques and Son, games manufacturer of Hatton Garden, London, and reportedly shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851, although contemporary documentary evidence for this has not been found. 1. a. A family living together harmoniously (frequently as a conventional description). Also figurative: a group characterized by high morale, team spirit, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen happy family1534 the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] > domestic happiness happy family1534 roses round the door1825 1534 U. von Hutten in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester Pref. sig. Bv^v This is an happie family and kynred which hathe ben ordained of god, to the helping, promotyng, and fortheryng of good lernyng. 1615 P. Gordon Famous Hist. Bruce i. sig. Mii How that happie famelie aroise To fortunes height where at the world may gaize. 1711 Hermit 1 Dec. 2/1 Here's a good Foundation of a Happy Family, there's likely to be a Towardly Race where Youth has Leading-strings to guide 'em into Ruin. 1753 S. Fielding David Simple: Vol. the Last v. i. 40 Thus settled in their humble Cottage, still might our Society retain the Name of The happy Family. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. viii. 87 The glad promise, given To our first parent, that at length his sons..Should form one happy family of love. 1899 Daily Tel. 2 Sept. 10/5 The happy family of spydom assembled in Panizzardi's dining-room. 1927 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 539 The happy family is the squadron or flight, and the misery of discipline..is resident in depots and work-shops. 1946 Visct. Montgomery El Alamein Foreword The Eighth Army was a very happy family. 2003 N. Slater Toast 177 Dad honestly believes he has created a storybook happy family, that lives in a pretty cottage with roses round the door. b. A collection of diverse animals (or fish) living together in harmony in one cage (or tank, etc.), esp. one exhibited as a curiosity. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > collection of different animals happy family1824 zoo1910 1792 S. Gunning Anecd. Delborough Family I. xiv. 183 Dogs, monkeys, birds, and squirrels of fashion..would sit on their lady's toilet, nestle in her muff, or creep into her pocket..through this whole polite and happy family, nothing was neglected but their morals.] 1824 Sat. Night 1 454/2 A Happy Family. There is a man travelling, and exhibiting in one cage, a dog, a cat, a mouse, and a sparrow: they live together like brothers and sisters. 1855 P. T. Barnum Life x. 280 We also took a peep at the effigy of the celebrated ‘Peeping Tom’, after which we visited an exhibition called the ‘Happy Family’. 1868 F. Harrison Let. 11 Nov. in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1955) IV. 484 I know of no worse instance of the monkey-like criticism of the day, than the way in which the hedge-sparrows of the reviews (forgive this ‘happy family’ of metaphors) chirrup out their blame or praise. 1905 E. T. Seton Animal Heroes (new ed.) 34 Kitty and Bunny were carefully put in a large wire cage and exhibited as a happy family till a few days later, when the Rabbit took sick and died. 2011 J. Hamera Parlor Ponds ii. 80 The ‘happy family’ in the tank reflected the equilibrium of sentiments in the one outside it. 2. In plural. A children's card game played with a pack of special cards, each card depicting on its face a member of a ‘family’ of four.The families are traditionally named after trades, as Mr Bun the Baker, Mrs Bun the Baker's Wife, Master Bun the Baker's Son, and Miss Bun the Baker's Daughter. The winner of the game is the player who completes the most families by exchanging cards with other players. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > children's or simple games > [noun] snap snorum1622 beggar-my-neighbour1734 snip-snap-snorum1755 old maid1831 pounce commerce1847 muggins1855 happy families1861 author1863 snap1881 strip-jack-naked1881 spoof1884 animal grab1894 grab1900 donkey1920 1861 Morning Chron. 13 Dec. 2/1 (advt.) Jaques' new game, Happy Families, a capital round game for juvenile parties. 1867 Bookseller 12 Dec. 1210 (advt.) Snap, 48 Cards, 1s. Happy Families, 44 Cards, 1s. 1871 Exchange & Mart 25 Jan. 97/2 My children play at ‘Bible Quartets’, in the same way as ‘Happy Families’ are played. 1881 Cassell's Bk. In-Door Amusem. 142 The well-known game of Happy Families is nothing but a variation of Spade the Gardener. 1918 ‘C. Dane’ First Blade xxvi. 226 The perfect partner..distilled from such raw ingredients as a dislike of being beaten and an early passion for Happy Families. 1954 E. Hyams Stories & Cream 50 ‘Play cards, pal?’.. The other man said, in a rather nasty way, ‘Ah, 'appy families, I suppose?’ 1955 J. Lehmann Whispering Gallery iv. 225 We were like a pack of cards for Happy Families. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) ii. 37 Even board and card games were banished from Virus's life: Carrom and rummy, Totopoly and Happy Families, Chinese chequers and Snap. 3. Australian. Either of two songbirds that typically occur in small groups: the apostlebird or grey jumper, Struthidea cinerea (family Corcoracidae), and the grey-crowned babbler, Pomatostomus temporalis (family Pomatostomidae). In later use also: any Australasian babbler of the family Pomatostomidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Grallinidae > struthidea cinerea (apostle-bird) apostle-bird1934 happy family1958 1901 A. J. North Nests & Eggs of Birds (Austral. Mus., Sydney, Spec. Catal. 1) I. 18 From their habit of associating in flocks, they are known nearly all over New South Wales, and the south-eastern portions of Queensland, as the ‘Twelve Apostles’, a name also shared in some parts with that of ‘Happy Family’ for Pomatostomus Temporalis. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xii. 211 The Grey-crowned Babbler is known..as the..happy family, happy jack. 1958 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? (ed. 2) 69 Also called Grey Jumper, Happy Family. 1963 Austral. Encycl. I. 385/1 Babblers..commonly known as catbirds (or caties), chatterers, happy families, and apostle-birds. 2010 N. Rothwell Red Highway (ed. 2) 163 One of their [sc. babblers] more common names is ‘happy families’, because they argue all the time. Phrases P1. one (also a) (great) big happy family: a group of people who coexist happily and harmoniously and work towards the same goals (sometimes ironic); also in extended use. ΚΠ 1879 Chester (Pa.) Daily Times 13 Sept. 5/4 Cadets from nearly every State in the Union. A big happy family. 1894 Midland Monthly Dec. 490/2 ‘O, I know, you want to reduce the whole human race to one big happy family’, retorted Grace; ‘but God never meant it to be so!’ 1922 J. T. Smith in H. E. Stearns Civilization in U.S. 387 The whole affair would suggest to you a sort of Passion Play in which there was neither Judas nor Pilot, but just a great, big happy family of ham producers. 1924 E. Horne What Butler winked At v. 91 I think this sort of thing keeps servants together, makes them just one great big happy family. 1932 Week-end Rev. 30 July 139/2 You just treat 'em like one big, happy family. 1961 R. Engler Politics of Oil ix. 230 The issue of imports periodically threatens to destroy the heavily financed image of oildom as one big happy family. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 22 Sept. 22 What on earth can they have to hide? Surely the newly merged house is just one big happy family. 2003 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 2nd Ser. Episode 4. 153 Brent. (addressing the room ) Hello, sorry everybody. Um, look, we are one big happy family here, yeah? P2. to play happy families: to behave like a harmonious, contented family, esp. only as a pretence; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1962 New Statesman 28 Dec. 935/1 The Christmas card was an extension of all this: playing happy families by remote control. 1969 Guardian 25 Feb. 11/5 It may be unfortunate that President Nixon will find Europe bickering the way it is, but it would be no use pretending that we are playing Happy Families. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 23 Jan. From time to time we have a big fight and they all accuse me of being a parasite, and in a way I agree with them, but what can I do? It's difficult playing happy families continually but if we could just play some of the time it would help. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 19 Jan. It is probably the most Machiavellian we've seen the statsminister since she forced her unfaithful husband to play happy families in front of the press during last season's finale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1534
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