| 单词 | to make a may game of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a May game of a. An object of sport, jest, or ridicule; a laughing stock; a foolish person; frequently in to make a May game of. Now English regional (south-western). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [noun] > object of ridicule hethinga1340 japing-stickc1380 laughing stock?1518 mocking-stock1526 laughing game1530 jesting-stock1535 mockage1535 derision1539 sporting stocka1556 game1562 May game1569 scoffing-stock1571 playing stock1579 make-play1592 flouting-stock1593 sport1598 bauchle1600 jest1606 butt1607 make-sport1611 mocking1611 mirtha1616 laughing stakea1630 scoff1640 gaud1650 blota1657 make-mirth1656 ridicule1678 flout1708 sturgeon1708 laugh1710 ludibry1722 jestee1760 make-game1762 joke1791 laughee1808 laughing post1810 target1842 jest-word1843 Aunt Sally1859 monument1866 punchline1978 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of to have (also i-do) (something) to gameeOE to make (a) game of (also at, on)?c1250 overmirtha1400 sporta1533 to make a sport of1535 to make (up) a lip1546 to give one a (or the) gleek1567 to make a May game of1569 to play with a person's nose1579 to make merry over (also with)1621 game1699 to make fun of1732 hit1843 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xc. f. 158 A manifest foolishnes, and a maie game to the multitude. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. iv. 137 Whereas in one translation we vse the worde Generall for Catholike, you make a greate maygame of it. 1644 F. Quarles Barnabas & Boanerges 112 What is man but..the spoile of Time, the May-game of Fortune? 1696 M. Pix Spanish Wives iii. 40 Let me not be a May-game to all my Servants, who by my Confinement wou'd guess at my Disgrace. 1714 R. A. Hunter Monoropolis iii. i. 18 Gentlemen, I am not to be made a May-game, your betters shall be acquainted with your Conduct. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. iii. xi. 146 She..makes a jest and a may-game of every body. 1819 W. S. Rose tr. G. B. Casti Court & Parl. Beasts i. 7 A paltry and a pitiable thing, A mockery and may-game of a King. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 36/2 Don't make mock of a maygame; you may be struck comical yourself one day. < as lemmas |
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