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单词 merry-go-sorry
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merry-go-sorryn.

Forms: see merry adj. and go v. and sorry adj. and n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., go v., sorry adj.
Etymology: < merry adj. + go v. + sorry adj.Compare slightly later isolated use of a variant merry-go-sorrow:1661 M. Stevenson Twelve Moneths 46 Now followes the merry-goe-sorrow of the blythe, and bleak Month of October.
Obsolete.
A mixture of joy and sorrow.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > mixture of joy and sorrow
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merry-go-sorry1599
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > mixture of sorrow and joy
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1599 N. Breton Miseries Mavillia (Grosart) 49/2 Joying to see the kinde heart of this other olde gentleman, sorie to be an occasion of such anger to himselfe, and trouble to his house, betwixt a merrie, goe sorie, I fell to such weeping, as quite spilde mine eyes.
1600 N. Breton Strange Fortunes Two Excellent Princes 52 The Ladie with a merrie goe sorrie..made him this answere.
1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. K4v Thou hast told me of such a Merry goe sory, as I haue not often heard of: I am sory for thy ill fortune, but am glad to see thee aliue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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