merry-meetingn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrɪˌmiːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛriˌmidɪŋ/

Forms: see merry adj. and meeting n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., meeting n.

Etymology: < merry adj. + meeting n. Compare later merry bout n., merry night n. at merry adj. Compounds 2.

Now chiefly historical.

A festivity; a convivial gathering.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun]

treschec1290

laetificationc1485

gossiping1557

special occasion1574

merry-meeting1597

merrymaking1618

frolic1645

merriment1663

rush1788

convivialities1830

merrymake1833

upshot1837

ball1879

spurt1885

sing-sing1899

jolly1905

rage1980

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 7 Now are our browes bound with victorious wreathes,..Our sterne alarmes changd to merry meetings .

1629 R. M. Micrologia sig. C7^v If you would know of any merry meeting or feasting, follow but him [sc. a fiddler], and you cannot misse the way.

a1653 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove: Winter xv. 191 This..struck their fancy luckily, and maintained the merry meeting.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 515 He can..in those higher Speculations, forget all his merry Meetings and Companions.

1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 58. ¶15 If he has not that Zeal without Knowledge to improve a Merry-meeting into a Riot.

1779 Farmer's Mag. July 195 These [dances]..seem to be rather pastimes, or merry-meetings, than any thing relative to religious worship.

1817 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey Amer. (1818) 56 The wife was at a neighbour's on a ‘wool-picking frolic’, which is a merry-meeting of gossips..to pick the year's wool and prepare it for carding.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 268 He had carried his merry-meetings to an unusual extent.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 293 He was..made free of all their small gatherings and merry-meetings.

1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Merry meetin, a festive entertainment, followed by music, dancing, and ‘gam’ (or fun and games).

1898 Catholic World Nov. 236 This is quite our last ‘merry meeting’, I suppose?

1973 Shakespeare Q. 24 52 It is no doubt too much to expect that no future ‘merry meeting’ will take place between the Governor and his constable—either in the literal or the psychological sense.

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

单词	merry-meeting
释义	merry-meetingn. Brit. /ˈmɛrɪˌmiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɛriˌmidɪŋ/ Forms: see merry adj. and meeting n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., meeting n. Etymology: < merry adj. + meeting n. Compare later merry bout n., merry night n. at merry adj. Compounds 2. Now chiefly historical. A festivity; a convivial gathering. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] treschec1290 laetificationc1485 gossiping1557 special occasion1574 merry-meeting1597 merrymaking1618 frolic1645 merriment1663 rush1788 convivialities1830 merrymake1833 upshot1837 ball1879 spurt1885 sing-sing1899 jolly1905 rage1980 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 7 Now are our browes bound with victorious wreathes,..Our sterne alarmes changd to merry meetings . View more context for this quotation 1629 R. M. Micrologia sig. C7^v If you would know of any merry meeting or feasting, follow but him [sc. a fiddler], and you cannot misse the way. a1653 Bp. J. Taylor Golden Grove: Winter xv. 191 This..struck their fancy luckily, and maintained the merry meeting. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 515 He can..in those higher Speculations, forget all his merry Meetings and Companions. 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 58. ¶15 If he has not that Zeal without Knowledge to improve a Merry-meeting into a Riot. 1779 Farmer's Mag. July 195 These [dances]..seem to be rather pastimes, or merry-meetings, than any thing relative to religious worship. 1817 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey Amer. (1818) 56 The wife was at a neighbour's on a ‘wool-picking frolic’, which is a merry-meeting of gossips..to pick the year's wool and prepare it for carding. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 268 He had carried his merry-meetings to an unusual extent. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 293 He was..made free of all their small gatherings and merry-meetings. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Merry meetin, a festive entertainment, followed by music, dancing, and ‘gam’ (or fun and games). 1898 Catholic World Nov. 236 This is quite our last ‘merry meeting’, I suppose? 1973 Shakespeare Q. 24 52 It is no doubt too much to expect that no future ‘merry meeting’ will take place between the Governor and his constable—either in the literal or the psychological sense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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