单词 | jasm |
释义 | jasmn. U.S. slang. Now rare. Energy, spirit, ‘pep’; = jism n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] greennesseOE lustinessc1325 forcea1375 vigourc1386 virrc1575 vigour1602 nerve1605 vivacity1649 vis1650 actuosity1660 amenity1661 vogue1674 energy1783 smeddum1790 dash1796 throughput1808 feck1811 go1825 steam1826 jism1842 vim1843 animalism1848 fizz1856 jasm1860 verve1863 snap1865 sawdusta1873 élan1880 stingo1885 energeticism1891 sprawl1894 zip1899 pep1908 jazz1912 zoom1926 toe1963 zap1968 stank1997 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xix. 350 ‘She's just like her mother... Oh! she's just as full of jasm!’.. ‘Now tell me what “jasm” is.’.. ‘If you'll take thunder and lightening, and a steamboat and a buzz-saw, and mix 'em up, and put 'em into a woman, that's jasm.’ 1886 Harper's Mag. Sept. 579/2 The most shif'less creeter I ever see. Willin', but hain't no more jas'm than a dead corn-stalk. 1909 R. L. Mason Trailers x. 99 So as neither of you had the jasm or wit to find it out I thought I would. 1916 Daily Californian 18 Feb. 4/5 ‘Jaz-m’ or ‘Pep’, much discussed terms which President Wheeler denied having originated. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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