playedadj.

Brit.

/pleɪd/, U.S.

/pleɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < play v. + -ed suffix¹.With sense 2 compare to play out at play v. Phrasal verbs 1. With sense 3 compare to play down at play v. Phrasal verbs 1.

1. That is or has been played.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [adjective] > played (of stone)

played1833

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [adjective] > played (of bowl)

played1833

1833 J. Cairnie Ess. Curling 61 Every stone shall be reckoned as played, if the player part with the handle.

1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 713/2 If a played stone rolls over, or stops, on its side or top, it shall be put off the ice.

1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot III. viii. 115 The played cards were solemnly turned down.

1967 Listener 16 Feb. 240/1 They seem to play his music nowadays, and no played composer is musicologically quite ‘U’.

1988 Sc. Curler Jan. 6/1 Not only did he split a short stone into the house, but the played stone rolled to guard the shot.

1996 New Scientist (Nexis) 24 Feb. 77 Violinists will tell you that they can produce a sweeter sound with a regularly played fiddle.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.).

a. played-out adj. worn out, used up; exhausted, expended; finished, passé. Cf. to play out 1b at play v. Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > completed > performed to the end

played-out1856

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [adjective] > using up completely > used up completely

spentc1440

spent1620

exhaust1621

exhausted1656

tired1766

run-out1795

used up1837

played-out1856

1856 E. G. P. Wilkins Young N.Y. 24 I tell you what it is, Nutgalls, this star business is about played out. People see to [sic] much good acting in New York Stock companies, and they won't stand it.

1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 68 Played out, exhausted; expended.

1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xvi. 239 One remains, here and there, a played-out man.

1885 Cent. Mag. May 62/2 Matthias had a mean opinion of Tarrant, thought him quite second-rate, a votary of played-out causes.

1900 E. Wharton Gift from Grave i. 8 No place to take one's yacht to in winter but that other played-out hole, the Riviera.

1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man ii. 53 Year by year the chains that bound men to their imperious burdens and their played-out pleasures had become more galling.

1995 Melody Maker 25 Mar. 32/2 They're taking on played-out male traditions, tweaking and reinventing them.

b. In predicative use: = played-out adj. at sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated

moth-frettenOE

antiquate?a1425

antique?1532

rusty1549

moth-eaten1551

musty1575

worm-eatenc1575

overyear1584

out of date1589

old-fashioned1592

out of date1592

worm-eat1597

old-fashion1599

ancient1601

outdated1616

out-of-fashion1623

over-aged1623

superannuateda1634

thorough-old1639

overdateda1641

trunk-hosea1643

antiquitated1645

antiquated1654

out-of-fashioned1671

unmodern1731

of the old school1749

auld-farrant1750

old-fangled1764

fossila1770

fogram1772

passé1775

unmodernized1775

oxidated1791

moss-covered1792

square-toeda1797

old-fashionable1807

pigtail1817

behind the times1826

slow1827

fossilized1828

rococo1836

antiquish1838

old-timey1850

out of season1850

moss-grown1851

old style1858

antiqued1859

pigtaily1859

prehistoric1859

backdated1862

played1864

fossiled1866

bygone1869

mossy-backed1870

old-worldly1878

past-time1889

outmoded1896

dated1900

brontosaurian1909

antiquey1926

horse-and-buggy1926

vintage1928

Neolithic1934

time-warped1938

demoded1941

steam age1941

hairy1946

old school1946

rinky-dink1946

time warp1954

Palaeolithic1957

retardataire1958

throwback1968

wally1969

antwacky1975

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective]

wearyc825

asadc1306

ateyntc1325

attaintc1325

recrayed1340

methefula1350

for-wearya1375

matea1375

taintc1380

heavy1382

fortireda1400

methefula1400

afoundered?a1425

tewedc1440

travailedc1440

wearisomec1460

fatigate1471

defatigatec1487

tired1488

recreant1490

yolden?1507

fulyeit?a1513

traiked?a1513

tavert1535

wearied1538

fatigated1552

awearya1555

forwearied1562

overtired1567

spenta1568

done1575

awearied1577

stank1579

languishinga1586

bankrupt?1589

fordone1590

spent1591

overwearied1592

overworn1592

outworn1597

half-dead1601

back-broken1603

tiry1611

defatigated1612

dog-wearya1616

overweary1617

exhaust1621

worn-out1639

embossed1651

outspent1652

exhausted1667

beaten1681

bejaded1687

harassed1693

jaded1693

lassate1694

defeata1732

beat out1758

fagged1764

dog-tired1770

fessive1773

done-up1784

forjeskit1786

ramfeezled1786

done-over1789

fatigued1791

forfoughten1794

worn-up1812

dead1813

out-burnta1821

prostrate1820

dead beat1822

told out1822

bone-tireda1825

traiky1825

overfatigued1834

outwearied1837

done like (a) dinner1838

magged1839

used up1839

tuckered outc1840

drained1855

floored1857

weariful1862

wappered1868

bushed1870

bezzled1875

dead-beaten1875

down1885

tucked up1891

ready (or fit) to drop1892

buggered-up1893

ground-down1897

played1897

veal-bled1899

stove-up1901

trachled1910

ragged1912

beat up1914

done in1917

whacked1919

washy1922

pooped1928

shattered1930

punchy1932

shagged1932

shot1939

whipped1940

buggered1942

flaked (out)1942

fucked1949

sold-out1958

wiped1958

burnt out1959

wrung out1962

juiced1965

hanging1971

zonked1972

maxed1978

raddled1978

zoned1980

cream crackered1983

1864 in N.Y. Herald (1865) 19 Mar. 1/4 Dear Father... You spoke about George. I would advise you to keep him out of the armey as long as possible; it is true, thare ain' much honer in staying out, and thare is getting to bee less to come in, for the thing is about plade.

1866 J. R. Dennett South as it Is 347 ‘We're whipped,’ you'd hear 'em say—‘fightin's played.’

1872 Republican Rev. 16 Mar. 2/4 The days of forked sticks for plows is about played.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xliii. 439 That used to be, but that's all played now; that is, in this particular town. The Irish got to piling up hacks so, on their funerals, that a funeral left them ragged and hungry for two years afterward; so the priest pitched in and broke it all up.

1897 Outing 29 421/2 He's about played.

1994 Vibe Aug. 50/3 Concerts, that whole thing is old, anyway. To go and wait and the lights go down and then you scream, that's played.

3. played-down adj. that has been played down. Cf. to play back at play v. Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing > undervalued

unprized1608

undervalued1629

short1669

misprized1702

unappreciated1828

minified1837

played-down1946

1946 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 26 509 There are numbers of sage general observations on Spanish conquest and colonization in this work, including the statement of the obvious, but often played-down, fact that, through their inter-tribal rivalries and hatreds, the Indians themselves compassed their own conquest.

1960 G. Charles in J. Pudney Pick of Today's Short Stories 45 He would have liked to have dropped a modest, played-down remark or two on his standing in his own community.

1973 J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 109 The deliberately played-down tone of his talk.

1992 M. Riva Marlene Dietrich 306 I liked the Waldorf Towers, that inner sanctum of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, with its private elevators and played-down side entrance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	played
释义	playedadj. Brit. /pleɪd/, U.S. /pleɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < play v. + -ed suffix¹.With sense 2 compare to play out at play v. Phrasal verbs 1. With sense 3 compare to play down at play v. Phrasal verbs 1. 1. That is or has been played. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [adjective] > played (of stone) played1833 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [adjective] > played (of bowl) played1833 1833 J. Cairnie Ess. Curling 61 Every stone shall be reckoned as played, if the player part with the handle. 1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 713/2 If a played stone rolls over, or stops, on its side or top, it shall be put off the ice. 1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot III. viii. 115 The played cards were solemnly turned down. 1967 Listener 16 Feb. 240/1 They seem to play his music nowadays, and no played composer is musicologically quite ‘U’. 1988 Sc. Curler Jan. 6/1 Not only did he split a short stone into the house, but the played stone rolled to guard the shot. 1996 New Scientist (Nexis) 24 Feb. 77 Violinists will tell you that they can produce a sweeter sound with a regularly played fiddle. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). a. played-out adj. worn out, used up; exhausted, expended; finished, passé. Cf. to play out 1b at play v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > completed > performed to the end played-out1856 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [adjective] > using up completely > used up completely spentc1440 spent1620 exhaust1621 exhausted1656 tired1766 run-out1795 used up1837 played-out1856 1856 E. G. P. Wilkins Young N.Y. 24 I tell you what it is, Nutgalls, this star business is about played out. People see to [sic] much good acting in New York Stock companies, and they won't stand it. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 68 Played out, exhausted; expended. 1863 J. G. Holland Lett. to Joneses xvi. 239 One remains, here and there, a played-out man. 1885 Cent. Mag. May 62/2 Matthias had a mean opinion of Tarrant, thought him quite second-rate, a votary of played-out causes. 1900 E. Wharton Gift from Grave i. 8 No place to take one's yacht to in winter but that other played-out hole, the Riviera. 1944 L. Mumford Condition of Man ii. 53 Year by year the chains that bound men to their imperious burdens and their played-out pleasures had become more galling. 1995 Melody Maker 25 Mar. 32/2 They're taking on played-out male traditions, tweaking and reinventing them. b. In predicative use: = played-out adj. at sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated moth-frettenOE antiquate?a1425 antique?1532 rusty1549 moth-eaten1551 musty1575 worm-eatenc1575 overyear1584 out of date1589 old-fashioned1592 out of date1592 worm-eat1597 old-fashion1599 ancient1601 outdated1616 out-of-fashion1623 over-aged1623 superannuateda1634 thorough-old1639 overdateda1641 trunk-hosea1643 antiquitated1645 antiquated1654 out-of-fashioned1671 unmodern1731 of the old school1749 auld-farrant1750 old-fangled1764 fossila1770 fogram1772 passé1775 unmodernized1775 oxidated1791 moss-covered1792 square-toeda1797 old-fashionable1807 pigtail1817 behind the times1826 slow1827 fossilized1828 rococo1836 antiquish1838 old-timey1850 out of season1850 moss-grown1851 old style1858 antiqued1859 pigtaily1859 prehistoric1859 backdated1862 played1864 fossiled1866 bygone1869 mossy-backed1870 old-worldly1878 past-time1889 outmoded1896 dated1900 brontosaurian1909 antiquey1926 horse-and-buggy1926 vintage1928 Neolithic1934 time-warped1938 demoded1941 steam age1941 hairy1946 old school1946 rinky-dink1946 time warp1954 Palaeolithic1957 retardataire1958 throwback1968 wally1969 antwacky1975 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] wearyc825 asadc1306 ateyntc1325 attaintc1325 recrayed1340 methefula1350 for-wearya1375 matea1375 taintc1380 heavy1382 fortireda1400 methefula1400 afoundered?a1425 tewedc1440 travailedc1440 wearisomec1460 fatigate1471 defatigatec1487 tired1488 recreant1490 yolden?1507 fulyeit?a1513 traiked?a1513 tavert1535 wearied1538 fatigated1552 awearya1555 forwearied1562 overtired1567 spenta1568 done1575 awearied1577 stank1579 languishinga1586 bankrupt?1589 fordone1590 spent1591 overwearied1592 overworn1592 outworn1597 half-dead1601 back-broken1603 tiry1611 defatigated1612 dog-wearya1616 overweary1617 exhaust1621 worn-out1639 embossed1651 outspent1652 exhausted1667 beaten1681 bejaded1687 harassed1693 jaded1693 lassate1694 defeata1732 beat out1758 fagged1764 dog-tired1770 fessive1773 done-up1784 forjeskit1786 ramfeezled1786 done-over1789 fatigued1791 forfoughten1794 worn-up1812 dead1813 out-burnta1821 prostrate1820 dead beat1822 told out1822 bone-tireda1825 traiky1825 overfatigued1834 outwearied1837 done like (a) dinner1838 magged1839 used up1839 tuckered outc1840 drained1855 floored1857 weariful1862 wappered1868 bushed1870 bezzled1875 dead-beaten1875 down1885 tucked up1891 ready (or fit) to drop1892 buggered-up1893 ground-down1897 played1897 veal-bled1899 stove-up1901 trachled1910 ragged1912 beat up1914 done in1917 whacked1919 washy1922 pooped1928 shattered1930 punchy1932 shagged1932 shot1939 whipped1940 buggered1942 flaked (out)1942 fucked1949 sold-out1958 wiped1958 burnt out1959 wrung out1962 juiced1965 hanging1971 zonked1972 maxed1978 raddled1978 zoned1980 cream crackered1983 1864 in N.Y. Herald (1865) 19 Mar. 1/4 Dear Father... You spoke about George. I would advise you to keep him out of the armey as long as possible; it is true, thare ain' much honer in staying out, and thare is getting to bee less to come in, for the thing is about plade. 1866 J. R. Dennett South as it Is 347 ‘We're whipped,’ you'd hear 'em say—‘fightin's played.’ 1872 Republican Rev. 16 Mar. 2/4 The days of forked sticks for plows is about played. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xliii. 439 That used to be, but that's all played now; that is, in this particular town. The Irish got to piling up hacks so, on their funerals, that a funeral left them ragged and hungry for two years afterward; so the priest pitched in and broke it all up. 1897 Outing 29 421/2 He's about played. 1994 Vibe Aug. 50/3 Concerts, that whole thing is old, anyway. To go and wait and the lights go down and then you scream, that's played. 3. played-down adj. that has been played down. Cf. to play back at play v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing > undervalued unprized1608 undervalued1629 short1669 misprized1702 unappreciated1828 minified1837 played-down1946 1946 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 26 509 There are numbers of sage general observations on Spanish conquest and colonization in this work, including the statement of the obvious, but often played-down, fact that, through their inter-tribal rivalries and hatreds, the Indians themselves compassed their own conquest. 1960 G. Charles in J. Pudney Pick of Today's Short Stories 45 He would have liked to have dropped a modest, played-down remark or two on his standing in his own community. 1973 J. Wainwright Touch of Malice 109 The deliberately played-down tone of his talk. 1992 M. Riva Marlene Dietrich 306 I liked the Waldorf Towers, that inner sanctum of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, with its private elevators and played-down side entrance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1833
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