mayingn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English maynge, Middle English mayying, 1500s mayeing, 1500s Mayinge, 1500s Mayng, 1600s– Maying, 1900s– maying.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: May n.², may v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < May n.² or may v.³ + -ing suffix¹.

Now chiefly historical.

The traditional celebrations of May Day or of the month of May; participation in these; frequently in to go (also ride, etc.) a (also †on) maying. (In quot. 1559 figurative.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with May-day

maying1386

May1515

May game1519

Beltane1771

1386–7 in A. F. Leach Educ. Charters (1911) 304 (MED) Pro gaudiis quando omnes socii aule transiverunt ad mayying.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1120 Early uppon the morn she wolde ryde on-maynge into woodis.

c1517 King Henry VIII Let. 3 May in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 32 A great number of insolent prentices..assembled themselves..under colour of mayeing.

1559 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 196 Ther was ij pennys was dekyd with stremars, baners, and flages, and trumpetes and drumes and gones, gahyng a Mayng.

1595 T. Morley 1st Bk. Balletts (Altus) iii. sig. Bij^v Now is the month of Maying.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 74 These greate Mayinges and Maygames made by the gouernors..of this Citie..haue not beene so freely vsed as afore.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Zephir with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying.

1672 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 6) i. 64 Now is the Month of Maying.

1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iii. 24 Ay, Sister, as young Maids go a Maying we'l go a Squiring, a Knighting, a Lording, a Duking.

1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 365. ¶10 Proserpine was out a Maying, when she met with that fatal Adventure.

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 258 He quotes from Hall an Account of Henry the Eighth's riding a Maying from Greenwich to the high Ground of Shooter's Hill.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 81 A country Maying is a meeting of the lads and lasses of two or three parishes, who assemble in certain erections of green boughs called May-houses, to dance.

1886 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 293/1 She and the king went a-maying to Shooter's Hill in 1515., and met in the woods Robin Hood and his merry men dressed in green.

1899 A. Quiller-Couch Ship of Stars x. 79 It had been a grand Maying.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xix. 157 Like jolly plough-swain, fluting in his fist; Or who a-Maying goes by the green forest.

1981 J. May Many-colored Land i. i. 18 In honor of the maying, the betrothed Princess Bonne and all her retinue were dressed in malachite-green silk.

Compounds

maying party n. U.S. now rare a party making an excursion to gather flowers.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] > person > specific group of people

maying party1853

1853 W. H. Bartlett Pilgrim Fathers iii. 182 It is a favourite pastime to make Maying parties in the woods.

1873 Catholic World June 363 Presently a Maying-party came trooping forth into sight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	maying
释义	mayingn. Brit. /ˈmeɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmeɪɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English maynge, Middle English mayying, 1500s mayeing, 1500s Mayinge, 1500s Mayng, 1600s– Maying, 1900s– maying. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: May n.², may v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < May n.² or may v.³ + -ing suffix¹. Now chiefly historical. The traditional celebrations of May Day or of the month of May; participation in these; frequently in to go (also ride, etc.) a (also †on) maying. (In quot. 1559 figurative.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with May-day maying1386 May1515 May game1519 Beltane1771 1386–7 in A. F. Leach Educ. Charters (1911) 304 (MED) Pro gaudiis quando omnes socii aule transiverunt ad mayying. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) III. 1120 Early uppon the morn she wolde ryde on-maynge into woodis. c1517 King Henry VIII Let. 3 May in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 32 A great number of insolent prentices..assembled themselves..under colour of mayeing. 1559 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 196 Ther was ij pennys was dekyd with stremars, baners, and flages, and trumpetes and drumes and gones, gahyng a Mayng. 1595 T. Morley 1st Bk. Balletts (Altus) iii. sig. Bij^v Now is the month of Maying. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 74 These greate Mayinges and Maygames made by the gouernors..of this Citie..haue not beene so freely vsed as afore. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Zephir with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying. 1672 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 6) i. 64 Now is the Month of Maying. 1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier iii. 24 Ay, Sister, as young Maids go a Maying we'l go a Squiring, a Knighting, a Lording, a Duking. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 365. ¶10 Proserpine was out a Maying, when she met with that fatal Adventure. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 258 He quotes from Hall an Account of Henry the Eighth's riding a Maying from Greenwich to the high Ground of Shooter's Hill. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 81 A country Maying is a meeting of the lads and lasses of two or three parishes, who assemble in certain erections of green boughs called May-houses, to dance. 1886 Dict. National Biogr. IX. 293/1 She and the king went a-maying to Shooter's Hill in 1515., and met in the woods Robin Hood and his merry men dressed in green. 1899 A. Quiller-Couch Ship of Stars x. 79 It had been a grand Maying. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xix. 157 Like jolly plough-swain, fluting in his fist; Or who a-Maying goes by the green forest. 1981 J. May Many-colored Land i. i. 18 In honor of the maying, the betrothed Princess Bonne and all her retinue were dressed in malachite-green silk. Compounds maying party n. U.S. now rare a party making an excursion to gather flowers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] > person > specific group of people maying party1853 1853 W. H. Bartlett Pilgrim Fathers iii. 182 It is a favourite pastime to make Maying parties in the woods. 1873 Catholic World June 363 Presently a Maying-party came trooping forth into sight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1386
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