upsittingn.

Etymology: up- prefix 3d.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈsitting.

1. The occasion of a woman's first sitting up to receive company after a confinement. Obsolete exc. dialect. (Cf. upsetting n. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > by woman after confinement

upsetting1501

upsitting1572

1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 9^v Some in forme of Cakes, as at weddings; some Rondes of Hogs, as at vp~sittings.

1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet sig. C3 It is your vpsitting, and a fortnight at the least since you were brought to bed.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F2^v We will have such..A Christning; such up-sitting and Ghossipping!

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 12/2 This is a kind of dress which Women in Child-bed usually wear, when they are for Christnings, and up-sittings.

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 3 'Twas thee roil'st upon me up to Daraty Vrogwill's Up-zitting.

†2. The fact of sitting up again after an illness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun]

healingc1000

healc1175

coveringc1230

recovering1380

curinga1382

amendmenta1400

recoverancea1400

sanationc1440

refeting?a1450

mendingc1480

convalescence1490

recovery1533

amendsa1616

restoration1638

upsitting1647

convalescing1650

convalescency1651

reconvalescence1672

analepsis1749

invalescence1755

reformation1772

revalescence1823

pickupa1916

1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience xix. 140 I must..rejoyce at thy upsitting, whom God hath raised from the bed of despaire.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. l. 303 I am once more..enabled to dedicate to you the first Fruits of my Penmanship, on my Upsitting.

†3. Scottish. Inactivity, indifference. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun]

carelessness1561

neutrality1561

indifferency1608

perfunctoriness1626

indifference1660

unconcernment1660

slightiness1662

unconcernedness1675

nonchalance1678

upsitting1680

equilibrium1685

inconcernedness1688

unconcernness1700

unconcern1711

indifferentness1727

Laodiceanism1774

facility1791

insouciance1799

aloofness1817

don't-carishness1821

pococurantism1823

don't-careism1834

don't-care-a-damnativeness1841

nonchalantness1878

casualness1882

disinterest1889

noncurance1904

uncaringness1930

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone

omissionc1400

leavinga1425

omittingc1450

pretermission1581

upsitting1680

defalcation1750

balking1783

1680 Stewart in Howie Cloud of Witnesses (1778) 74 The Lord hath rubbed shame on all our faces, because of many backslidings and upsitting in duty.

1709 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 55 There is a remarkable upsitting among us in mutual freedom one with another.

4. South African. The practice of sitting up during the night as a method of courtship. (After Dutch opzitten.) Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > method of courtship

upsitting1863

opsit1880

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 165 When two upsittings have been going on, at opposite corners of a large room.

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 165 The upsitting business I consider about the best of their old customs.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 1/3 The nocturnal courtship, or ‘upsitting’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	upsitting
释义	upsittingn. Etymology: up- prefix 3d.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: upˈsitting. 1. The occasion of a woman's first sitting up to receive company after a confinement. Obsolete exc. dialect. (Cf. upsetting n. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > by woman after confinement upsetting1501 upsitting1572 1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 9^v Some in forme of Cakes, as at weddings; some Rondes of Hogs, as at vp~sittings. 1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet sig. C3 It is your vpsitting, and a fortnight at the least since you were brought to bed. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F2^v We will have such..A Christning; such up-sitting and Ghossipping! 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 12/2 This is a kind of dress which Women in Child-bed usually wear, when they are for Christnings, and up-sittings. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) i. 3 'Twas thee roil'st upon me up to Daraty Vrogwill's Up-zitting. †2. The fact of sitting up again after an illness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] healingc1000 healc1175 coveringc1230 recovering1380 curinga1382 amendmenta1400 recoverancea1400 sanationc1440 refeting?a1450 mendingc1480 convalescence1490 recovery1533 amendsa1616 restoration1638 upsitting1647 convalescing1650 convalescency1651 reconvalescence1672 analepsis1749 invalescence1755 reformation1772 revalescence1823 pickupa1916 1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience xix. 140 I must..rejoyce at thy upsitting, whom God hath raised from the bed of despaire. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. l. 303 I am once more..enabled to dedicate to you the first Fruits of my Penmanship, on my Upsitting. †3. Scottish. Inactivity, indifference. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun] carelessness1561 neutrality1561 indifferency1608 perfunctoriness1626 indifference1660 unconcernment1660 slightiness1662 unconcernedness1675 nonchalance1678 upsitting1680 equilibrium1685 inconcernedness1688 unconcernness1700 unconcern1711 indifferentness1727 Laodiceanism1774 facility1791 insouciance1799 aloofness1817 don't-carishness1821 pococurantism1823 don't-careism1834 don't-care-a-damnativeness1841 nonchalantness1878 casualness1882 disinterest1889 noncurance1904 uncaringness1930 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone omissionc1400 leavinga1425 omittingc1450 pretermission1581 upsitting1680 defalcation1750 balking1783 1680 Stewart in Howie Cloud of Witnesses (1778) 74 The Lord hath rubbed shame on all our faces, because of many backslidings and upsitting in duty. 1709 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 55 There is a remarkable upsitting among us in mutual freedom one with another. 4. South African. The practice of sitting up during the night as a method of courtship. (After Dutch opzitten.) Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > method of courtship upsitting1863 opsit1880 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 165 When two upsittings have been going on, at opposite corners of a large room. 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vi. 165 The upsitting business I consider about the best of their old customs. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 1/3 The nocturnal courtship, or ‘upsitting’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : up-sittingadj. < n.1572 see also
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