light fantasticn.

Brit.

/ˌlʌɪt fanˈtastɪk/, U.S.

/ˌlaɪt fænˈtæstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, fantastic adj.

Etymology: < light adj.¹ + fantastic adj. (compare sense 6b at that entry), originally with allusion to the following uses by Milton:1637 J. Milton Comus 6 Come, knit hands, and heate the ground In a light fantastick round.1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Trip it as ye go On the light fantastick toe.

humorous.

With the. Dancing, esp. ballroom dancing. Also occasionally as a count noun: a dance.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > [noun]

hoppingc1290

dancec1300

dancinga1340

sallyingc1440

footinga1450

balla1571

tracing1577

orchestra1596

measuring1598

dancery?1615

saltation1623

tripudiation1623

poetry of motion (also the foot)1654

light fantastic1832

rug-cutting1937

terping1942

1832 Sporting Mag. Jan. 184/1 ‘Attitude is everything,’ as Mademoiselle Quelquechose, of the King's Theatre, says to her patrician pupils when studying the light fantastic, by standing for the hour together with one foot resting on the floor, the other reclining on the marble mantel-piece.

1873 A. C. Clough Cranleigh of Cranleigh x. 111 We are very sorry to put an end to what must be very agreeable conversation to keep two young people from the ‘light fantastic’.

1974 L. Deighton Spy Story vi. 57 The inlaid sprung floor would still have supported a light fantastic or two.

2005 Daily Record (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Features section) 34 As there are usually more women than men at these things [sc. dance classes], chances are you'll be doing the light fantastic with another female.

Phrases

to trip (also skip, step, etc.) the light fantastic: to dance, esp. to take part in ballroom dancing.

ΚΠ

1852 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 June There are nightly assemblies where you may ‘trip the light fantastic’, until the morning sun shall warn you that honest people are abroad.

1913 J. Galsworthy Dark Flower i. vii. 34 When I was your age I twirled the light fantastic with the best.

1923 Smart Set Sept. 44/1 I'd ask you to skip the light fantastic with me, but I never was a dancing man.

2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 29/1 Betty Ford needed no encouragement to trip the light fantastic, and posted a huge photograph in one of the White House offices of herself dancing with Cary Grant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	light fantastic
释义	light fantasticn. Brit. /ˌlʌɪt fanˈtastɪk/, U.S. /ˌlaɪt fænˈtæstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.¹, fantastic adj. Etymology: < light adj.¹ + fantastic adj. (compare sense 6b at that entry), originally with allusion to the following uses by Milton:1637 J. Milton Comus 6 Come, knit hands, and heate the ground In a light fantastick round.1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Trip it as ye go On the light fantastick toe. humorous. With the. Dancing, esp. ballroom dancing. Also occasionally as a count noun: a dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [noun] hoppingc1290 dancec1300 dancinga1340 sallyingc1440 footinga1450 balla1571 tracing1577 orchestra1596 measuring1598 dancery?1615 saltation1623 tripudiation1623 poetry of motion (also the foot)1654 light fantastic1832 rug-cutting1937 terping1942 1832 Sporting Mag. Jan. 184/1 ‘Attitude is everything,’ as Mademoiselle Quelquechose, of the King's Theatre, says to her patrician pupils when studying the light fantastic, by standing for the hour together with one foot resting on the floor, the other reclining on the marble mantel-piece. 1873 A. C. Clough Cranleigh of Cranleigh x. 111 We are very sorry to put an end to what must be very agreeable conversation to keep two young people from the ‘light fantastic’. 1974 L. Deighton Spy Story vi. 57 The inlaid sprung floor would still have supported a light fantastic or two. 2005 Daily Record (Nexis) 18 Jan. (Features section) 34 As there are usually more women than men at these things [sc. dance classes], chances are you'll be doing the light fantastic with another female. Phrases to trip (also skip, step, etc.) the light fantastic: to dance, esp. to take part in ballroom dancing. ΚΠ 1852 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 22 June There are nightly assemblies where you may ‘trip the light fantastic’, until the morning sun shall warn you that honest people are abroad. 1913 J. Galsworthy Dark Flower i. vii. 34 When I was your age I twirled the light fantastic with the best. 1923 Smart Set Sept. 44/1 I'd ask you to skip the light fantastic with me, but I never was a dancing man. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 29/1 Betty Ford needed no encouragement to trip the light fantastic, and posted a huge photograph in one of the White House offices of herself dancing with Cary Grant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1832
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