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单词 agelastic
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agelasticn.adj.

Brit. /ˈadʒᵻlastɪk/, U.S. /ˈædʒəˌlæstɪk/
Forms: 1600s agelasticke, 1600s 1800s– agelastic, 1600s–1700s agelastick.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀγέλαστος , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀγέλαστος not laughing (see agelast n.) + -ic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek ἀγελαστικός gregarious, social.
rare.
A. n.
A person who never laughs; = agelast n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > serious or solemn person
gravet1582
agelastic1623
sobersides?1705
agelast1877
solemnsides1957
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. sig. B 3v Agelasticke, one that neuer laughes.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Agelastic,..one that is perpetually sad.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Agelastick, one who never laughs.
B. adj.
literary. Never laughing; morose, laughter-hating.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective]
moodyc1300
distemprec1374
melancholiana1393
solein1399
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
girning1447
melancholyc1450
tetrical1528
tetric1533
distemperate1548
morose1565
sullen1570
stunt1581
humorous1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
clum1599
dortya1605
humoursome1607
distempereda1616
musty1620
grum1640
agelastic1666
fusty1668
purdy1668
ill-humoured1693
gurly1721
mumpish1721
sunking1724
tetricous1727
sumphish1728
stunkard1737
sulky1744
muggard1746
farouche1765
sombrea1767
glumpy1780
glumpish1800
tiffy1810
splenitive1815
stuffy1825
liverish1828
troglodytish1866
glummy1884
humpy1889
scowly1951
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]
seinec1330
sober1362
unfeastlyc1386
murec1390
unlaughter-milda1400
sadc1400
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
serious1440
solemnc1449
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
moy1487
demure1523
grave1549
staid1557
sage1564
sullen1583
weighty1602
solid1632
censoriousa1637
(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650
untriumphant1659
setc1660
agelastic1666
austere1667
humourless1671
unlaughing1737
smileless1740
untriflinga1743
untittering1749
steady1759
dun1797
antithalian1818
dreich1819
laughterless1825
unsmiling1826
laughless1827
unfestive1844
sober-sided1847
gleeless1850
unfarcical1850
mome1855
deedy1895
button-down1959
buttoned-down1960
straight-faced1975
1666 W. Austin Ἐπιλοίμια Ἔπη: Anat. Pestilence 101 His mirth's Abderian laughter; does but tend To make him agelastick in the end.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Agelastick... Morose.
1877 G. Meredith Ess. Comedy in New Q. Mag. 8 2 It is but one step from being agelastic to misogelastic.
2008 Guardian 25 Oct. (Review section) 19/1 Joseph Stalin..seems to have been somewhat agelastic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1623
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