单词 | joking |
释义 | jokingn. a. The action of joke v.; jesting. joking apart [apart adv.1 5b] . ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] waggery1594 knavery1600 joking1670 leg-pulling1879 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > action of jesting japingc1380 bourdingc1400 jesting1526 drolling1670 joking1670 funning1728 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb] highlyOE deeplyc1300 solemnlya1325 sadlya1375 soberly1382 demurelyc1400 sadc1400 seriouslyc1425 solemnya1470 murely1474 solemnedlyc1480 solenny1480 in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545 gravely1553 staidly1571 solemniouslya1578 solidly1632 in sad earnest1637 ponderously1637 in jest-earnest1642 in all seriousness1679 joking apart1745 unhumorously1768 solidly1799 in sober earnest1836 mirthlessly1853 votively1857 smilelessly1869 unmirthfully1872 unsmilingly1879 inhumorously1898 soberingly1923 straightfacedly1977 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 33 Punning, Quibling, and that which they call Joquing, and such other delicaces of Wit. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1708) ccccii. 430 Singing and Joaking was his Delight. 1745 S. Cibber Let. 18 July in D. Garrick Private Corr. (1831) I. 35 But joking apart, I long till you come that we may consult together. 1841 J. Elliotson Let. 4 Aug. in C. Dickens Lett. (1969) II. 345 Joking apart, you make me ashamed with your overflowing of the milk of kindness. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford vi. 101 The captain of the school in the art of practical joking. 1860 Sat. Rev. 14 Apr. 475/2 That form of practical joking which in the time of ‘The Spectator,’ was known as a bite..in the popular slang of the day, is designated ‘a sell.’ 1888 G. A. Henty Cornet of Horse vii. 64 I..have put up more than once with practical jokings. 1918 C. Mackenzie Early Life Sylvia Scarlett 11. i. 256 No, joking apart, I think it would be a great effort. 1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School xiii. 254 Joking apart, you had some ingenious ideas. 1973 Times 17 Nov. 11/8 Joking apart, this is the kind of show difficult to write about without..spoiling the jokes. b. joking relationship n. Cultural Anthropology a relationship of familiarity between specific persons which is sanctioned in certain tribal groups. ΘΚΠ society > [noun] > types of social relationship joking relationship1920 Gemeinschaft1937 role relationship1940 Gesellschaft1964 1920 R. H. Lowie Primitive Society (1921) v. 95 Of a distinct character is the joking-relationship of the Crow and Hidarsa. 1933 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Ess. Social Anthropol. (1962) vii. 151 One way in which intimacy and equality are expressed between the partners [sc. blood~brothers] is by each publicly insulting the other, a custom commonly described by ethnologists as a ‘joking relationship’. 1933 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Ess. Social Anthropol. (1962) vii. 152 A ‘joking relationship’ may grow up between two clans. 1958 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Method in Social Anthropol. i. v. 119 The expression of opposition between the moieties may take various forms. One is the institution to which anthropologists have given the not very satisfactory name of ‘the joking relationship’. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 358/1 A joking relationship is a relationship between two persons (sometimes between two groups) in which one is by custom permitted (and in some cases obliged) to tease or make fun of the other, who must take no offence... Obscenity..and the taking of property are common forms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019). jokingadj. That jokes. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes japinga1513 jesting1551 bourding1552 drolling1670 joking1714 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week ii. 43 In joking talk. Derivatives ˈjokingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner merrilyc1395 japinglya1420 pleasantly1552 jestingly1569 facetiously1598 facetely1620 joculatorily1623 sportively1631 lepidly1653 jocularly1655 jocundarily1660 ludicrouslya1678 drollingly1684 jokingly1700 jocosely1725 humorously1752 drolly1791 jest-wise1844 side-splittingly1859 japishly1888 jokily1976 1700 J. Toland Life Harrington in J. Harrington Oceana p. xxiv Harrington jokingly said, That they had an excellent faculty of magnifying a Louse, and diminishing a Commonwealth. 1893 H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey I. iv. 90 His friends..used to say jokingly ‘you are looking towards Canterbury’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1670adj.1700 |
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