单词 | jiggish |
释义 | jiggishadj. 1. Inclined to jigging, dancing, or frolicking; of light or frivolous disposition (quot. 1635). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] gamingOE playfulc1225 gamefulc1275 gamelya1350 gamesomea1375 playable?c1475 frisky?a1500 sporting1549 sportful1577 toyish1577 toyful1580 sportive1593 gambol1600 sportly1600 sporting1607 playsome1612 jiggish1635 toysome1638 ludible1656 ludibund1668 good-humoured1682 flippant1711 lusory1711 gamp1737 kittenish1753 sportable1767 disportive1773 whisky1782 playward1878 society > leisure > dancing > [adjective] > inclined to dancing dancitive1606 jiggish1635 capersome1852 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) sig. A11v She is never sad, and yet not jiggish. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris iii. 50 Crowds of both sexes..gratifying the jiggish propensities of their minds by the sound of fiddles. 2. Resembling or of the nature of a jig or light dance; suitable for a jig. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [adjective] > jig jiggish1709 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [adjective] > specific types of dance jiggish1709 polkaic1884 Zydeco1949 smoochy1966 skanking1976 go-go1981 lambada1988 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 157. ⁋7 That Musical Instrument which is commonly known by the Name of a Kit, that is more jiggish than the Fiddle it self. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋3 This Man makes on the Violin a certain jiggish Noise to which I dance. 1756 Connoisseur No. 134. 808 The tunes themselves have also been new-set to jiggish measures. 1789 T. Twining tr. Aristotle Treat. Poetry (1812) I. 249 (note) ‘A jiggish measure’ would be weak, to the force of the original [Greek]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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