Jack-a-Lentn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒakəˈlɛnt/, U.S.

/ˈdʒækəˌlɛnt/

Inflections: Plural Jack-a-Lents, Jacks-a-Lent.

Forms:

α. 1500s Jake-of-Lent, 1500s–1600s Iacke-of-Lent, 1600s Iack-of-Lent, 1600s– Jack-of-Lent.

β. 1500s–1600s Iacke-a-Lent, 1600s Iack-a-Lent, 1600s– Jack-a-Lent.

γ. 1600s Iack-o'-Lent, 1800s– Jack-o'-Lent.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.², of prep., Lent n.¹

Etymology: < Jack n.² + of prep. + Lent n.¹With the β. forms compare a prep.² In sense 3 by confusion with Jack-o'-lantern n.

†a. The season of Lent personified. Obsolete.Often imagined as cruel, thin, poor, hungry, etc., with reference to the fasting and penitence observed during Lent (see Lent n.¹ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > Lenten or fast-day food

Lent meata1200

Lenten stuffa1513

Jack-a-Lent1548

Lent stuff1573

Lent provision1615

fast fooda1627

Friday fare1633

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > lenten dish

Jack-a-Lent1548

1548 I. M. Breife Recantacion Maystres Missa sig. A.vi Fare well gentyll Iacke of lent, for I thynke you be not readye to go with me.

1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church Ep. Ded. sig. **^v Shroue tuesday, and Iacke a lent had almost broken their neckes.

1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. D3^v It is now Easter, and Iacke of Lent is turned out of doores.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 169 Sprats need no description, being one of Jack-a-lents principle pages.

1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd iii. i. 51 Car'd not one Fig for Iack o'lent.

1732 T. Chaloner Merriest Poet Christendom 31 Proud as Hell, but poor as Jack-a-Lent.

b. A character representing or associated with Lent in a festival pageant, mummers' play, etc. Also: an effigy of a man, typically made of straw and dressed in rags, paraded through the streets or set up as a target during Lent, and destroyed on Easter Day; (figurative and in figurative contexts) a target for criticism or ridicule. Now chiefly historical.Sometimes representing Judas Iscariot (see Judas n.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target

markc1275

lodestarc1374

aimc1400

mete1402

pricka1450

butta1522

level1525

white marka1533

goal1540

Jack-a-Lent1553

blankc1557

scope1562

period1590

upshot1591

bird1592

golden goal1597

nick1602

quarry1615

North Star1639

huba1657

fair game1690

endgame1938

target1942

cockshot1995

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > coconut shy, Aunt Sally, etc.

Jack-a-Lent1553

knock-'em-down1828

cockshy1833

stick1838

Aunt Sally1858

hoopla1909

1553 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 33 And then [a priest] shreyffyng Jake-of-lent on horss-bake.

1604 W. Terilo Fr. Bacon's Proph. 162 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) IV. 274 Ever upon Easter day, All Jack a Lents were cast away.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 126 See now how wit may be made a Iacke-a-Lent, when 'tis vpon ill imployment.

1682 T. Shadwell Medal of John Bayes 295 Those Factious Few..Set up a Jack of Lent, and throw at it.

1724 S. Blackerby 2nd Pt. Justice of Peace his Compan. 162 On St. David's Day, D. being a Welshman, and having a Leek in his Hat, one R. pointing to a Jack of Lent, there hang'd with a Leek, and saying to D. Look on your Countryman.

1830 Morning Post 25 Dec. So likewise our eating of fritters, whipping of tops, roasting of herrings, Jack of Lents, &c. are all in imitation of church works.

1886 Folk-lore Jrnl. 4 132 In the eastern part of the county [sc. Cornwall] at the beginning of Lent a straw figure dressed in cast-off clothes, and called ‘Jack-o'-lent’, was not long since paraded through the streets and afterwards hung... The figure is supposed to represent Judas Iscariot.

1906 J. G. R. Forlong Faiths of Man II. 444 The Jack o' Lent..was called Judas Iscariot by priests; and his figure is still exploded with fireworks in the Easter rites of Greek Christians.

1964 ‘A. Burgess’ Nothing Like the Sun i. 3 Jack of Lent ready to be turned out of doors and belaboured.

1991 Stud. in Philol. 88 55 The Jack-a-Lent could be an actor who pretends to die and rise as in the mummers' play, but it could also be an effigy..which is about to be figuratively put to death by burning or submersion in water.

c. A small, insignificant, or contemptible person. Now rare.In quot. 1596 with direct reference to the effigy described in sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible

turdc1400

shrub1566

skybala1572

peltera1577

whipstart1581

smatchetc1582

squib1586

paltripolitan1588

scrub1589

Jack-a-Lent1596

snotty-nose1604

whipstera1616

whimling1616

whiffler1659

insignificancy1661

insect1684

insignificant1710

pic1839

squirt1844

whiffmagig1871

sniff1890

picayune1903

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O4^v For his stature, he is such another pretie Iacke a Lent as boyes throw at in the streete.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 23 You litle Iack-a-lent, haue you bin true to vs?

1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon iii. ii. 50 I'd rather wed that Spider Harlequin, that Sceliton Buffoon, that Ape of Man, that Jack of Lent.

1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend iii. ii What encouragement have I given you, Jack-a-Lent, to attack me with your tenders?

1824 ‘R. Fitz-Eustace’ Brides of Florence iv. i. 125 I will so firk these Iceland curs—I will so break the heads of these jacks-a-lent!

1884 T. Hardy Interlopers at Knap in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 512/2 Can a jack-o'-lent believe his few senses on such a dark night or can't he?

1941 K. Patchen Jrnl. Albion Moonlight 311 Jack-a-Lent, are we everyone.

†2. Perhaps: a dish eaten in Lent. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1645 Char. Oxf.-incendiary 4 Tell him of Reformation, and you transforme him to a Turkie-cock; A Jack-a-Lent made of a Red Herring and a Leek, will not more inflame him than the name of Presbytery.

†3. A will o' the wisp; = Jack-o'-lantern n. 1a. Also figurative: a person who or thing which misleads or confuses; cf. Jack-o'-lantern n. 1b. Obsolete (rare after 18th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp

fox-fire1483

foolish fire1563

ignis fatuus1563

fool's fire1583

Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584

going fire1596

will-o'-the-wisp1596

meteor1597

firedrake1607

wisp1618

ambulones1621

Dick-a-Tuesday1636

friar's lantern1645

gillian burnt-tail1654

Jill-burnt-tail1654

Jack-o'-lantern1658

fatuous fire1661

wildfire1663

wandering fire or light1667

Jack-a-Lent1680

fairy light1722

spunkie1727

Jill-o'-the-wisp1750

fen-fire1814

fatuus1820

marsh-light1823

feu follet1832

wisp-lighta1847

hob-lantern1847

ghost light1849

elf-fire1855

Peggy-with-her-lantern1855

fatuous light1857–8

marsh-fire1865

swamp fire1903

Min-Min1950

1680 J. Hinckley Fasciculus Literarum 305 E're he had made his Legs, and pass'd his Complements (like a Meteor, or Jack-a-Lent) he disappears.

1691 Search after Wit 3 Your Authors..are as light as a Feather, And vanish like Jack-a-Lent's.

c1717 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 99 The Thing [sc. a kind of streaming Light] being in it self nothing but what is as frequent in the Northern Countries as a Jack of Lent is here.

1751 Def. Old-Stile 9 Should we follow this Jack-a-Lent of Time..I very much fear it would prove to no other Purpose than that of leading us..into a total Ignorance of the State of Nature.

1781 More Fruit from Same Pannier 12 Does not his Reverence, here again, play at Jack-a-Lent with his readers?

1913 A. Noyes Coll. Poems II. 241 The spendthrift fool Flits like a Jack-o-Lent over quags and fens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jack-a-lent
释义	Jack-a-Lentn. Brit. /ˌdʒakəˈlɛnt/, U.S. /ˈdʒækəˌlɛnt/ Inflections: Plural Jack-a-Lents, Jacks-a-Lent. Forms: α. 1500s Jake-of-Lent, 1500s–1600s Iacke-of-Lent, 1600s Iack-of-Lent, 1600s– Jack-of-Lent. β. 1500s–1600s Iacke-a-Lent, 1600s Iack-a-Lent, 1600s– Jack-a-Lent. γ. 1600s Iack-o'-Lent, 1800s– Jack-o'-Lent. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.², of prep., Lent n.¹ Etymology: < Jack n.² + of prep. + Lent n.¹With the β. forms compare a prep.² In sense 3 by confusion with Jack-o'-lantern n. 1. †a. The season of Lent personified. Obsolete.Often imagined as cruel, thin, poor, hungry, etc., with reference to the fasting and penitence observed during Lent (see Lent n.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > Lenten or fast-day food Lent meata1200 Lenten stuffa1513 Jack-a-Lent1548 Lent stuff1573 Lent provision1615 fast fooda1627 Friday fare1633 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > [noun] > dish > lenten dish Jack-a-Lent1548 1548 I. M. Breife Recantacion Maystres Missa sig. A.vi Fare well gentyll Iacke of lent, for I thynke you be not readye to go with me. 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde Bee Hiue of Romishe Church Ep. Ded. sig. *^v Shroue tuesday, and Iacke a lent had almost broken their neckes. 1626 N. Breton Fantasticks* sig. D3^v It is now Easter, and Iacke of Lent is turned out of doores. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xviii. 169 Sprats need no description, being one of Jack-a-lents principle pages. 1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd iii. i. 51 Car'd not one Fig for Iack o'lent. 1732 T. Chaloner Merriest Poet Christendom 31 Proud as Hell, but poor as Jack-a-Lent. b. A character representing or associated with Lent in a festival pageant, mummers' play, etc. Also: an effigy of a man, typically made of straw and dressed in rags, paraded through the streets or set up as a target during Lent, and destroyed on Easter Day; (figurative and in figurative contexts) a target for criticism or ridicule. Now chiefly historical.Sometimes representing Judas Iscariot (see Judas n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target markc1275 lodestarc1374 aimc1400 mete1402 pricka1450 butta1522 level1525 white marka1533 goal1540 Jack-a-Lent1553 blankc1557 scope1562 period1590 upshot1591 bird1592 golden goal1597 nick1602 quarry1615 North Star1639 huba1657 fair game1690 endgame1938 target1942 cockshot1995 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > coconut shy, Aunt Sally, etc. Jack-a-Lent1553 knock-'em-down1828 cockshy1833 stick1838 Aunt Sally1858 hoopla1909 1553 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 33 And then [a priest] shreyffyng Jake-of-lent on horss-bake. 1604 W. Terilo Fr. Bacon's Proph. 162 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) IV. 274 Ever upon Easter day, All Jack a Lents were cast away. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 126 See now how wit may be made a Iacke-a-Lent, when 'tis vpon ill imployment. View more context for this quotation 1682 T. Shadwell Medal of John Bayes 295 Those Factious Few..Set up a Jack of Lent, and throw at it. 1724 S. Blackerby 2nd Pt. Justice of Peace his Compan. 162 On St. David's Day, D. being a Welshman, and having a Leek in his Hat, one R. pointing to a Jack of Lent, there hang'd with a Leek, and saying to D. Look on your Countryman. 1830 Morning Post 25 Dec. So likewise our eating of fritters, whipping of tops, roasting of herrings, Jack of Lents, &c. are all in imitation of church works. 1886 Folk-lore Jrnl. 4 132 In the eastern part of the county [sc. Cornwall] at the beginning of Lent a straw figure dressed in cast-off clothes, and called ‘Jack-o'-lent’, was not long since paraded through the streets and afterwards hung... The figure is supposed to represent Judas Iscariot. 1906 J. G. R. Forlong Faiths of Man II. 444 The Jack o' Lent..was called Judas Iscariot by priests; and his figure is still exploded with fireworks in the Easter rites of Greek Christians. 1964 ‘A. Burgess’ Nothing Like the Sun i. 3 Jack of Lent ready to be turned out of doors and belaboured. 1991 Stud. in Philol. 88 55 The Jack-a-Lent could be an actor who pretends to die and rise as in the mummers' play, but it could also be an effigy..which is about to be figuratively put to death by burning or submersion in water. c. A small, insignificant, or contemptible person. Now rare.In quot. 1596 with direct reference to the effigy described in sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible turdc1400 shrub1566 skybala1572 peltera1577 whipstart1581 smatchetc1582 squib1586 paltripolitan1588 scrub1589 Jack-a-Lent1596 snotty-nose1604 whipstera1616 whimling1616 whiffler1659 insignificancy1661 insect1684 insignificant1710 pic1839 squirt1844 whiffmagig1871 sniff1890 picayune1903 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O4^v For his stature, he is such another pretie Iacke a Lent as boyes throw at in the streete. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 23 You litle Iack-a-lent, haue you bin true to vs? View more context for this quotation 1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon iii. ii. 50 I'd rather wed that Spider Harlequin, that Sceliton Buffoon, that Ape of Man, that Jack of Lent. 1702 J. Vanbrugh False Friend iii. ii What encouragement have I given you, Jack-a-Lent, to attack me with your tenders? 1824 ‘R. Fitz-Eustace’ Brides of Florence iv. i. 125 I will so firk these Iceland curs—I will so break the heads of these jacks-a-lent! 1884 T. Hardy Interlopers at Knap in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 512/2 Can a jack-o'-lent believe his few senses on such a dark night or can't he? 1941 K. Patchen Jrnl. Albion Moonlight 311 Jack-a-Lent, are we everyone. †2. Perhaps: a dish eaten in Lent. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1645 Char. Oxf.-incendiary 4 Tell him of Reformation, and you transforme him to a Turkie-cock; A Jack-a-Lent made of a Red Herring and a Leek, will not more inflame him than the name of Presbytery. †3. A will o' the wisp; = Jack-o'-lantern n. 1a. Also figurative: a person who or thing which misleads or confuses; cf. Jack-o'-lantern n. 1b. Obsolete (rare after 18th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp fox-fire1483 foolish fire1563 ignis fatuus1563 fool's fire1583 Kit with the canstick or candlestick1584 going fire1596 will-o'-the-wisp1596 meteor1597 firedrake1607 wisp1618 ambulones1621 Dick-a-Tuesday1636 friar's lantern1645 gillian burnt-tail1654 Jill-burnt-tail1654 Jack-o'-lantern1658 fatuous fire1661 wildfire1663 wandering fire or light1667 Jack-a-Lent1680 fairy light1722 spunkie1727 Jill-o'-the-wisp1750 fen-fire1814 fatuus1820 marsh-light1823 feu follet1832 wisp-lighta1847 hob-lantern1847 ghost light1849 elf-fire1855 Peggy-with-her-lantern1855 fatuous light1857–8 marsh-fire1865 swamp fire1903 Min-Min1950 1680 J. Hinckley Fasciculus Literarum 305 E're he had made his Legs, and pass'd his Complements (like a Meteor, or Jack-a-Lent) he disappears. 1691 Search after Wit 3 Your Authors..are as light as a Feather, And vanish like Jack-a-Lent's. c1717 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 99 The Thing [sc. a kind of streaming Light] being in it self nothing but what is as frequent in the Northern Countries as a Jack of Lent is here. 1751 Def. Old-Stile 9 Should we follow this Jack-a-Lent of Time..I very much fear it would prove to no other Purpose than that of leading us..into a total Ignorance of the State of Nature. 1781 More Fruit from Same Pannier 12 Does not his Reverence, here again, play at Jack-a-Lent with his readers? 1913 A. Noyes Coll. Poems II. 241 The spendthrift fool Flits like a Jack-o-Lent over quags and fens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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