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ˈkill-joy, n. and a.
A. n. One who or that which destroys joy or pleasure; one who throws a gloom over social enjoyment.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. (1789) I. 455 The Gods were not then, says M. Rousseau, regarded as kill-joys and shut out of convival meetings. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xxv, Licentious young men, who detested him as the kill-joy of Florence. 1896J. P. Mahaffy in Chautauquan Oct. 49/2 Reserve, if apparent, is the real kill-joy of conversation.
B. adj. That kills or puts an end to joy.
1822Scott Pirate i, His kill-joy visage will never again stop the bottle in its round. |