playfellown.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪˌfɛləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪˌfɛloʊ/

Forms: see play n. and fellow n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., fellow n.

Etymology: < play n. + fellow n. Compare earlier playfere n.

A playmate.Since the 18th cent. usually with reference to children or young people, but in early use often with sexual connotations.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > companion in amusement

playferec1225

playing ferec1300

playfellowa1535

playmate?1560

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 50/1 I pray god send them both better play felowes then hym.

1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 318 The louer..disdaynfully abiected by a dame of high calling, who had chosen (in his place) a playe fellowe of baser condicion.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 220 Farewell, sweete playfellow .

1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) iv. i. 48 Y'are not content to entertaine yo^r play fellow In yo^r owne chamber closely.

1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. i, in Wks. (1874) IV. 10 My wife and you, in youth were play-fellowes.

1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners iv. ii. 45 For my own part I shall not repent of my proceedings, till I have a worse account of my Play fellow.

a1722 J. Toland tr. Pliny in Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 88 This dolphin, the play-fellow..of the boys, us'd to be drawn upon the shore.

1788 ‘Nurse Lovechild’ Tommy Thumb's Song Bk. 50 Lose your Supper, and lose your Sleep, And come to your Playfellows in the Street.

1790 W. Cowper Let. 27 Feb. (1982) III. 350 Mrs. Hewitt..was my playfellow at Berkhamstead.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby i. 4 At times a recollection of his old play-fellow broke upon him through the haze in which he lived.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. vii. 172 The child has taken a dislike to me; but he makes quite a new life for Mr Transome; they were playfellows at once.

1934 E. M. Wright Story of Joseph Wright viii. 232 We formed a torchlight procession down the rose-alley, and buried Mary's playfellow in her own plot of garden.

1990 P. Wiat Child Bride (BNC) 102 The king is young and requires the company of his brother, being melancholy without a playfellow.

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

单词	playfellow
释义	playfellown. Brit. /ˈpleɪˌfɛləʊ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌfɛloʊ/ Forms: see play n. and fellow n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., fellow n. Etymology: < play n. + fellow n. Compare earlier playfere n. A playmate.Since the 18th cent. usually with reference to children or young people, but in early use often with sexual connotations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > companion in amusement playferec1225 playing ferec1300 playfellowa1535 playmate?1560 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 50/1 I pray god send them both better play felowes then hym. 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 318 The louer..disdaynfully abiected by a dame of high calling, who had chosen (in his place) a playe fellowe of baser condicion. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 220 Farewell, sweete playfellow . View more context for this quotation 1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) iv. i. 48 Y'are not content to entertaine yo^r play fellow In yo^r owne chamber closely. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. i, in Wks. (1874) IV. 10 My wife and you, in youth were play-fellowes. 1698 T. D'Urfey Campaigners iv. ii. 45 For my own part I shall not repent of my proceedings, till I have a worse account of my Play fellow. a1722 J. Toland tr. Pliny in Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 88 This dolphin, the play-fellow..of the boys, us'd to be drawn upon the shore. 1788 ‘Nurse Lovechild’ Tommy Thumb's Song Bk. 50 Lose your Supper, and lose your Sleep, And come to your Playfellows in the Street. 1790 W. Cowper Let. 27 Feb. (1982) III. 350 Mrs. Hewitt..was my playfellow at Berkhamstead. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby i. 4 At times a recollection of his old play-fellow broke upon him through the haze in which he lived. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. vii. 172 The child has taken a dislike to me; but he makes quite a new life for Mr Transome; they were playfellows at once. 1934 E. M. Wright Story of Joseph Wright viii. 232 We formed a torchlight procession down the rose-alley, and buried Mary's playfellow in her own plot of garden. 1990 P. Wiat Child Bride (BNC) 102 The king is young and requires the company of his brother, being melancholy without a playfellow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1535
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