playsomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈpleɪs(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈpleɪsəm/

Forms: see play n. and -some suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play n., -some suffix¹.

Etymology: < play n. + -some suffix¹. Compare earlier playful adj.

Now chiefly regional.

= playful adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]

gamingOE

playfulc1225

gamefulc1275

gamelya1350

gamesomea1375

playable?c1475

frisky?a1500

sporting1549

sportful1577

toyish1577

toyful1580

sportive1593

gambol1600

sportly1600

sporting1607

playsome1612

jiggish1635

toysome1638

ludible1656

ludibund1668

good-humoured1682

flippant1711

lusory1711

gamp1737

kittenish1753

sportable1767

disportive1773

whisky1782

playward1878

1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iii. iii. 137 All pleasant folke, wellminded, malicious, and playsome [Sp. juguetona].

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. iii. 117 Not asham'd of expressing any Extasy of Joy or playsom Humour.

1755 D. Hume Nat. Hist. Relig. in Ess. (1817) II. 451 The playsome whimsies of monkeys.

1801 J. Minshull Rural Felicity ii. 43 On Jersey shore, at Hobuck Point, Tall Poplars spread, and shade the green, When cheer'd by air, their nervous joint, In manly youth are playsome seen.

1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle xxviii. 305 He always said he [sc. the horse] were only playsome, and that 'tweren't vice.

1896 J. Lumsden Battle of Dunbar & Prestonpans 23 Twa playsome foalies wi' our mithers.

a1978 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 338 Corky-heidit as if in a playsome way.

Derivatives

† playsomely adv. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adverb]

gamelya1375

gamefullyc1410

gamesomelya1425

wantonlya1475

sportfullya1586

sportively1597

lasciviously1607

puppy-like1617

sportinglya1639

playsomely1646

playfully1736

disportively1810

kittenishly1896

1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 56 He that were playsomely disposed.

ˈplaysomeness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [noun]

sportfulnessa1586

sportiveness1601

frolicknessa1617

gamesomeness1631

ludibundness1664

playfulness1673

playsomeness1676

friskiness1727

sportability1768

coquetry1794

toyfulness1838

larkiness1896

kittenishness1905

1676 J. Glanvill Seasonable Refl. 108 How much slightness and playsomeness in speaking of serving God.

1884 R. Browning Camel-driver in Ferishtah's Fancies 60 My playsomeness had pleased thee.

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

单词	playsome
释义	playsomeadj. Brit. /ˈpleɪs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpleɪsəm/ Forms: see play n. and -some suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play n., -some suffix¹. Etymology: < play n. + -some suffix¹. Compare earlier playful adj. Now chiefly regional. = playful adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] gamingOE playfulc1225 gamefulc1275 gamelya1350 gamesomea1375 playable?c1475 frisky?a1500 sporting1549 sportful1577 toyish1577 toyful1580 sportive1593 gambol1600 sportly1600 sporting1607 playsome1612 jiggish1635 toysome1638 ludible1656 ludibund1668 good-humoured1682 flippant1711 lusory1711 gamp1737 kittenish1753 sportable1767 disportive1773 whisky1782 playward1878 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 i. iii. iii. 137 All pleasant folke, wellminded, malicious, and playsome [Sp. juguetona]. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. iii. 117 Not asham'd of expressing any Extasy of Joy or playsom Humour. 1755 D. Hume Nat. Hist. Relig. in Ess. (1817) II. 451 The playsome whimsies of monkeys. 1801 J. Minshull Rural Felicity ii. 43 On Jersey shore, at Hobuck Point, Tall Poplars spread, and shade the green, When cheer'd by air, their nervous joint, In manly youth are playsome seen. 1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle xxviii. 305 He always said he [sc. the horse] were only playsome, and that 'tweren't vice. 1896 J. Lumsden Battle of Dunbar & Prestonpans 23 Twa playsome foalies wi' our mithers. a1978 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 338 Corky-heidit as if in a playsome way. Derivatives † playsomely adv. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adverb] gamelya1375 gamefullyc1410 gamesomelya1425 wantonlya1475 sportfullya1586 sportively1597 lasciviously1607 puppy-like1617 sportinglya1639 playsomely1646 playfully1736 disportively1810 kittenishly1896 1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 56 He that were playsomely disposed. ˈplaysomeness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [noun] sportfulnessa1586 sportiveness1601 frolicknessa1617 gamesomeness1631 ludibundness1664 playfulness1673 playsomeness1676 friskiness1727 sportability1768 coquetry1794 toyfulness1838 larkiness1896 kittenishness1905 1676 J. Glanvill Seasonable Refl. 108 How much slightness and playsomeness in speaking of serving God. 1884 R. Browning Camel-driver in Ferishtah's Fancies 60 My playsomeness had pleased thee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1612
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