单词 | cheeriness |
释义 | cheerinessn. Cheery mood or behaviour; cheerfulness; (now) esp. liveliness, joviality, jolliness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] blithenessc1000 blithec1400 cheerfulness1435 chertec1449 jocundness1482 hilarity1568 cheerliness1571 good humour1571 exhilaration1626 cheerishness1645 geniality1652 jocundry1655 cheeriness1658 brightness1660 shine1710 flow of spirits1716 sunshine1717 genialness1727 festiveness1777 sunniness1829 riancy1834 gleesomeness1847 Euphrasia1882 hilariousness1885 blithesomeness1886 gayness1896 1658 V. Marshall in R. Capel Remains To Rdr. sig. a5 He had more health and cheerinesse of spirit then formerly. 1659 E. Gayton Art Longevity xxxii. 88 Put into wine it doth inspirit that, Firks up its vertues, were it ne're so flat; And in the drinker strikes a cheeriness, That Plunder can't allay, nor lay distress. 1682 J. Flavel 2 Treatises Ep. Ded. sig. A4v Hope immediately fills his heart with cheariness, and displaies the signals of it in his very face. 1807 Lady Morgan Patriotic Sketches Ireland II. xvi. 95 The national cheeriness of his character then shines in every lineament of his face. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. 96 ‘What have you two girls been talking about?’..asked Joshua, with an attempt at cheeriness. 1879 D. J. Hill Bryant 203 He fills the mind with the breezy cheeriness of spring-time. 1921 E. Ferber Girls x. 204 ‘Yoo-hoo!’ called Lottie with an airy assumption of cheeriness. 1978 Times 8 Nov. (Arts section) 12/6 Sophie's constant cheeriness can be tiresome. 2010 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 6 Dec. 6 Her cheeriness and determination earned her the respect of her fellow camp-mates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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