passe-tempsn.

Brit.

/ˌpasˈtɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌpɑsˈtɔm(p)/,

/ˈpɑsˌtɑm(p)/

Forms: 1500s pas-temps, 1500s– passe-temps.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passetemps.

Etymology: < Middle French, French passetemps (1410–25) < passe- (see pass- comb. form) + temps time (see temps n.). Compare earlier pastime n., pastance n.

Now rare.

= pastime n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment

mirtha1250

solacec1290

recreationc1400

esbatement1477

pastime1490

pastancea1500

passe-temps1542

entertainment1561

relief?1578

fancy1590

sport1598

abridgement1600

entertain1601

recreative1615

amusatory1618

nutsa1625

diverter1628

recreator1629

passatempo1632

amuser1724

fun1726

dissipation1733

resource1752

distraction1859

enlivening1859

good, clean fun1867

enlivenment1883

light relief1885

laugh1921

not one's scene1962

violon d'Ingres1963

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 151 The incommoditees or displeasures..it easeth with honeste passetemps & recreacion.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 2 Contemnyng prouocacions of all vayne pastemps.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Ep. Ded. 8 Such Meditations which are..the passe~temps of your severest hours.

1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 140 The Passe-temps of your severest hours.

1840 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 20 July (1954) I. 60 It [sc. Don Quixote] is a charming passe-temps (a word by the bye that I ought to have outlawed long ago).

1848 T. Arnold N.Z. Lett. (1966) 27 One cannot be always reading and this sail-making forms a very agreeable passe-temps.

1891 W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day 344 Many dreary weeks of solitude at the ‘Three Cups’ hotel, the only passe-temps being to watch the corpses, removed from the sunk-fort, of soldiers who died daily of small-pox.

1989 Financial Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. i. 7 Frustrating things like this make speeches and learned papers on Europe an aimable passe-temps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passe-temps
释义	passe-tempsn. Brit. /ˌpasˈtɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌpɑsˈtɔm(p)/, /ˈpɑsˌtɑm(p)/ Forms: 1500s pas-temps, 1500s– passe-temps. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passetemps. Etymology: < Middle French, French passetemps (1410–25) < passe- (see pass- comb. form) + temps time (see temps n.). Compare earlier pastime n., pastance n. Now rare. = pastime n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment mirtha1250 solacec1290 recreationc1400 esbatement1477 pastime1490 pastancea1500 passe-temps1542 entertainment1561 relief?1578 fancy1590 sport1598 abridgement1600 entertain1601 recreative1615 amusatory1618 nutsa1625 diverter1628 recreator1629 passatempo1632 amuser1724 fun1726 dissipation1733 resource1752 distraction1859 enlivening1859 good, clean fun1867 enlivenment1883 light relief1885 laugh1921 not one's scene1962 violon d'Ingres1963 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 151 The incommoditees or displeasures..it easeth with honeste passetemps & recreacion. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. 2 Contemnyng prouocacions of all vayne pastemps. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Ep. Ded. 8 Such Meditations which are..the passe~temps of your severest hours. 1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 140 The Passe-temps of your severest hours. 1840 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 20 July (1954) I. 60 It [sc. Don Quixote] is a charming passe-temps (a word by the bye that I ought to have outlawed long ago). 1848 T. Arnold N.Z. Lett. (1966) 27 One cannot be always reading and this sail-making forms a very agreeable passe-temps. 1891 W. Fraser Disraeli & his Day 344 Many dreary weeks of solitude at the ‘Three Cups’ hotel, the only passe-temps being to watch the corpses, removed from the sunk-fort, of soldiers who died daily of small-pox. 1989 Financial Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. i. 7 Frustrating things like this make speeches and learned papers on Europe an aimable passe-temps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542
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