comediann.

Brit.

/kəˈmiːdɪən/, U.S.

/kəˈmidiən/

Forms: 1500s–1600s comedien, 1500s–1600s commedian, 1500s–1700s comoedian, 1500s– comedian, 1600s comedean, 1600s comediane (Scottish), 1600s commoedian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin cōmoedia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin cōmoedia comedy n.¹ + -an suffix (compare -ian suffix), perhaps after Middle French comedien, Middle French comedian (French comédien ) stage actor who performs in comedies (1372), writer of plays, especially of comedies (a1383; 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘writer of romances’; the extended use in sense 2b is attested in French from 1673). Compare earlier comediant n., and also earlier tragedian n.

1. A writer, esp. a playwright, who composes a comedy or comedies. Now historical.Quot. 1580 may be an example of sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > humorous writer

comic1549

comedian1580

sarcast1654

scribble-wit1672

farce-writer1681

humorist1871

gag-writer1959

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > comic poet

comic1549

comediant1568

comedian1580

comic poet1589

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [noun] > playwright > of specific types of play

comicar1523

comedy writer1549

comic1549

comediant1568

comediographer1576

comedian1580

comic poet1589

mimograph1623

mimographer1638

mimic1654

mono-dramatist1803

melodramatist1812

farcer1813

comedist1819

farceur1889

thesis-playwright1902

thick ear1909

music-dramatist1947

compressionist1961

psychodramatist1973

1580 A. Fleming tr. F. Nausea Bright Burning Beacon v. sig. D4 Will he winke at such wickednes..as is continually concluded upon and committed in your Theatre, Curtaine, and accursed courtes of spectacles?.. And thus much touching Comœdies and Comœdians.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F3^v The signifying badge giuen them by the Comedian.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 90 Scaliger willeth vs to admire Plautus as a Comœdian, but Terence as a pure and elegant speaker.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 128 He was in his younger days a noted Poet and Comedian.

1753 J. Hill Observ. Greek & Rom. Classics iv. 233 Style is not all that goes to constitute a Comedian.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 582/1 The comedian..did nevertheless..take such liberties with the gods of his country, [etc.].

1901 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 22 226 W. Frantz extracts a fragment of the comedian Philippides.

1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory i. 14 The comedian Aristophanes satirized the demoralization and lack of respect for the laws.

a. A stage actor who performs in comedies, esp. one who specializes in comic roles. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun]

playera1400

game-player1533

comedy player1550

stage-player1561

actor1566

histrion?1566

comediant1568

representer1579

stager1580

presentera1586

histrio1589

stageman1589

gamester1596

player-man1596

Roscius1600

stagerite1602

theaterian1602

comedian1603

scenic1612

representant1622

play-actor1633

parta1643

histrionic1647

representator1653

artist1714

mummer1773

actor-manager1826

Thespian1827

impersonator1830

personifier1835

player-manager1895

thesp1962

luvvie1988

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor in specific type of play

comedy player1550

tragedy player1552

comediant1568

tragic1577

tragedian1590

comedian1603

comic1619

interludera1627

pastorista1627

tragicomediana1627

tragedy actor1690

low comedian1740

tragedy man1784

exodiary1793

farcer1813

monopolylogist1830

stock actor1839

beneficiaire1841

monologuist1853

monologist1858

burlesquer1869

opera-bouffer1870

low comedy1885

knockabout1887

farceur1889

folk-player1936

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 652 A stage for plaiers and commedians [Fr. vn eschaffaut à veoir iouër Comedies; Gk. σκηνὴν καὶ θυμέλην].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 175 Are you a Comedian ?

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 19 Hearing the insipid jests of a Comœdian.

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 25 Nov. (1965) I. 287 The King's company of French Comedians play here every night.

1784 M. Flinders Diary 28 Dec. in Gratefull to Providence (2007) I. 162 We have had a small Company of Comedians with us.

1828 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 383 Moliére formed a matrimonial connexion with Mademoiselle Béjart; a young comedian of his company.

1893 W. Winter Shadows of Stage xviii. 245 It is an old story that the best comedian is an actor of deep heart and serious disposition.

1914 A. Pitou Masters of Show 75 His Petruchio in ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and his Benedick in ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ were not effective, for he was not a comedian.

1995 ELH 62 950 Unlike Garrick, a comedian who set out to cultivate..a genteel image for himself and his profession, Kean..was unconcerned with his own social status.

†b. A person who resembles or behaves like a comic actor; a person skilled in dissimulation. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1620 T. Dekker Belman of London (new ed.) sig. F2^v These Comedians Strowte likewise vp and downe the Country, in the habites of Seruingmen.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance i. 6 These men, says he, are professed Comœdians, do you laugh, they strive who should laugh loudest; If they observe that you have any disposition to weep, they dissolve into a torrent of Tears.

1751 J. Cleland Mem. Coxcomb 275 I pretended then that I was taken..ill,..and proved so good a comedian, that Mervile himself was ready to take his own suggestions for reality.

a. An entertainer who tells jokes, adopts a comic persona, or acts in a manner intended to make an audience laugh; (now esp.) a performer of stand-up comedy. Cf. comic n. 1c, stand-up adj. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian

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foolc1300

jangler1303

fool sagec1330

ribald1340

ape-ward1362

japer1377

sage fool1377

harlotc1390

disporter?a1475

jocular?a1475

joculatora1500

jester?1518

idiot1526

scoffer1530

sporter1531

dizzardc1540

vice1552

antic1564

bauble-bearer1568

scoggin1579

buffoon1584

pleasant1595

zany1596

baladine1599

clown1600

fiddle1600

mimic1601

ape-carrier1615

mime1616

mime-man1631

merry man1648

tomfool1650

pickle-herring1656

badine1670

puddingc1675

merry-andrew1677

mimical1688

Tom Tram1688

Monaghan1689

pickled herring1711

ethologist1727

court-foola1797

Tom1817

mimer1819

fun-maker1835

funny man1839

mimester1846

comic1857

comedian1860

jokesman1882

comique1886

Joey1896

tummler1938

alternative comedian1981

Andrew-

1860 Musical World 4 Aug. 498/1 Now it is a sermon, and then a concert; to-day the bishop preaches, and to-morrow the comedian jests.

1895 C. D. Stuart & A. J. Park Variety Stage v. 74 Fred Williams, the clever comedian and sketch artiste,..was the first to introduce burlesque performances to the variety stage.

1921 Theatre Mag. July 8/1 As far as an audience is concerned, a comedian is a laugh-dispenser, who shuffles through Life in large, flapping shoes.

1991 E. Lax Woody Allen iii. 136 He is a strictly verbal comedian who gets all his laughs from the subtlety and wit of his delivery and none of them from physical funniness.

2007 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 2 Mar. 12 Comedy clubs..are regularly packed with fans of comedy paying to see established comedians, rising stars and young hopefuls.

b. A person who is habitually or deliberately amusing or entertaining. Also in ironic use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles

a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460

figurea1513

seemera1616

fop1755

mutton dressed as lamb1811

comedian1893

faux bonhomme1916

1893 Music June 192 Mr. Crosby and Carl both laughed heartily as this natural comedian tried to bring his round face into sad and sober expression, while his eyes twinkled with merriment.

1954 E. Pomerantz Only a Game 7 You don't belong in this office. You belong in the movies. You're a born comedian.

1997 G. Williams Diamond Geezers xxxiv. 207 Zip it, you fucking comedian.

2013 J. Gillender & D. Beaton Magpie leaves Nest v. 102 Harry was a real comedian, joking with all the kids and teachers and whoever else he could get on with.

Compounds

General attributive and appositive.

ΚΠ

1606 T. Morton Full Satisfaction conc. Double Romish Iniquitie ii. vii. 119 The Comedian Poet maketh his parasite to speake.

1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. D1 A comedian tongue is the onely perswasiue ornament to win a Lady.

1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. A4 ^v Sweet Comedian Scœnes of love Upon a golden Stage.

1844 Ann. Propagation Faith 5 3 He advanced towards us in the attitude of a comedian hero, and announced himself as a soldier.

1899 G. Galvin Dan Leno xviii. 134 I induced a comedian friend of mine to..go round with me to the theatres.

1904 Broadway Weekly 26 Oct. 16/1 Harry Morris gives us a new German comedian type that is good and refreshing.

1995 Entertainm. Weekly 19 May 38 All your comedian friends know that you're a wild man!

2013 S. Balcerzak Buffoon Men 11 The performers who defined the foundations of the comedian genre.

Derivatives

coˈmedian-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in the manner of a comedian; (b) adj. resembling or characteristic of a comedian.

ΚΠ

1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. i. 39 The service thus begun, Comœdian-like, ends very Tragically.

1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 141 The comedian-like psalm-singer.

1883 Radical Rev. 15 Dec. 7/3 The proud puppets..suspended on godlike strings, in order to sustain their comedian-like existence.

1901 Bk. News May 559/2 The light cast upon them renders their aspect more or less comedian-like.

2011 R. McMullen Journey into Refl. xviii. 180 He..had the most humorous, comedian-like personality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comedian
释义	comediann. Brit. /kəˈmiːdɪən/, U.S. /kəˈmidiən/ Forms: 1500s–1600s comedien, 1500s–1600s commedian, 1500s–1700s comoedian, 1500s– comedian, 1600s comedean, 1600s comediane (Scottish), 1600s commoedian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin cōmoedia , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin cōmoedia comedy n.¹ + -an suffix (compare -ian suffix), perhaps after Middle French comedien, Middle French comedian (French comédien ) stage actor who performs in comedies (1372), writer of plays, especially of comedies (a1383; 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in sense ‘writer of romances’; the extended use in sense 2b is attested in French from 1673). Compare earlier comediant n., and also earlier tragedian n. 1. A writer, esp. a playwright, who composes a comedy or comedies. Now historical.Quot. 1580 may be an example of sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > humorous writer comic1549 comedian1580 sarcast1654 scribble-wit1672 farce-writer1681 humorist1871 gag-writer1959 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > comic poet comic1549 comediant1568 comedian1580 comic poet1589 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [noun] > playwright > of specific types of play comicar1523 comedy writer1549 comic1549 comediant1568 comediographer1576 comedian1580 comic poet1589 mimograph1623 mimographer1638 mimic1654 mono-dramatist1803 melodramatist1812 farcer1813 comedist1819 farceur1889 thesis-playwright1902 thick ear1909 music-dramatist1947 compressionist1961 psychodramatist1973 1580 A. Fleming tr. F. Nausea Bright Burning Beacon v. sig. D4 Will he winke at such wickednes..as is continually concluded upon and committed in your Theatre, Curtaine, and accursed courtes of spectacles?.. And thus much touching Comœdies and Comœdians. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F3^v The signifying badge giuen them by the Comedian. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 90 Scaliger willeth vs to admire Plautus as a Comœdian, but Terence as a pure and elegant speaker. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 128 He was in his younger days a noted Poet and Comedian. 1753 J. Hill Observ. Greek & Rom. Classics iv. 233 Style is not all that goes to constitute a Comedian. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 582/1 The comedian..did nevertheless..take such liberties with the gods of his country, [etc.]. 1901 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 22 226 W. Frantz extracts a fragment of the comedian Philippides. 1992 J. M. Kelly Short Hist. Western Legal Theory i. 14 The comedian Aristophanes satirized the demoralization and lack of respect for the laws. 2. a. A stage actor who performs in comedies, esp. one who specializes in comic roles. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] playera1400 game-player1533 comedy player1550 stage-player1561 actor1566 histrion?1566 comediant1568 representer1579 stager1580 presentera1586 histrio1589 stageman1589 gamester1596 player-man1596 Roscius1600 stagerite1602 theaterian1602 comedian1603 scenic1612 representant1622 play-actor1633 parta1643 histrionic1647 representator1653 artist1714 mummer1773 actor-manager1826 Thespian1827 impersonator1830 personifier1835 player-manager1895 thesp1962 luvvie1988 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor in specific type of play comedy player1550 tragedy player1552 comediant1568 tragic1577 tragedian1590 comedian1603 comic1619 interludera1627 pastorista1627 tragicomediana1627 tragedy actor1690 low comedian1740 tragedy man1784 exodiary1793 farcer1813 monopolylogist1830 stock actor1839 beneficiaire1841 monologuist1853 monologist1858 burlesquer1869 opera-bouffer1870 low comedy1885 knockabout1887 farceur1889 folk-player1936 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 652 A stage for plaiers and commedians [Fr. vn eschaffaut à veoir iouër Comedies; Gk. σκηνὴν καὶ θυμέλην]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 175 Are you a Comedian ? View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 19 Hearing the insipid jests of a Comœdian. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 25 Nov. (1965) I. 287 The King's company of French Comedians play here every night. 1784 M. Flinders Diary 28 Dec. in Gratefull to Providence (2007) I. 162 We have had a small Company of Comedians with us. 1828 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 383 Moliére formed a matrimonial connexion with Mademoiselle Béjart; a young comedian of his company. 1893 W. Winter Shadows of Stage xviii. 245 It is an old story that the best comedian is an actor of deep heart and serious disposition. 1914 A. Pitou Masters of Show 75 His Petruchio in ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and his Benedick in ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ were not effective, for he was not a comedian. 1995 ELH 62 950 Unlike Garrick, a comedian who set out to cultivate..a genteel image for himself and his profession, Kean..was unconcerned with his own social status. †b. A person who resembles or behaves like a comic actor; a person skilled in dissimulation. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1620 T. Dekker Belman of London (new ed.) sig. F2^v These Comedians Strowte likewise vp and downe the Country, in the habites of Seruingmen. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance i. 6 These men, says he, are professed Comœdians, do you laugh, they strive who should laugh loudest; If they observe that you have any disposition to weep, they dissolve into a torrent of Tears. 1751 J. Cleland Mem. Coxcomb 275 I pretended then that I was taken..ill,..and proved so good a comedian, that Mervile himself was ready to take his own suggestions for reality. 3. a. An entertainer who tells jokes, adopts a comic persona, or acts in a manner intended to make an audience laugh; (now esp.) a performer of stand-up comedy. Cf. comic n. 1c, stand-up adj. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian jugglerc1175 foolc1300 jangler1303 fool sagec1330 ribald1340 ape-ward1362 japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 disporter?a1475 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 idiot1526 scoffer1530 sporter1531 dizzardc1540 vice1552 antic1564 bauble-bearer1568 scoggin1579 buffoon1584 pleasant1595 zany1596 baladine1599 clown1600 fiddle1600 mimic1601 ape-carrier1615 mime1616 mime-man1631 merry man1648 tomfool1650 pickle-herring1656 badine1670 puddingc1675 merry-andrew1677 mimical1688 Tom Tram1688 Monaghan1689 pickled herring1711 ethologist1727 court-foola1797 Tom1817 mimer1819 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 mimester1846 comic1857 comedian1860 jokesman1882 comique1886 Joey1896 tummler1938 alternative comedian1981 Andrew- 1860 Musical World 4 Aug. 498/1 Now it is a sermon, and then a concert; to-day the bishop preaches, and to-morrow the comedian jests. 1895 C. D. Stuart & A. J. Park Variety Stage v. 74 Fred Williams, the clever comedian and sketch artiste,..was the first to introduce burlesque performances to the variety stage. 1921 Theatre Mag. July 8/1 As far as an audience is concerned, a comedian is a laugh-dispenser, who shuffles through Life in large, flapping shoes. 1991 E. Lax Woody Allen iii. 136 He is a strictly verbal comedian who gets all his laughs from the subtlety and wit of his delivery and none of them from physical funniness. 2007 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 2 Mar. 12 Comedy clubs..are regularly packed with fans of comedy paying to see established comedians, rising stars and young hopefuls. b. A person who is habitually or deliberately amusing or entertaining. Also in ironic use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460 figurea1513 seemera1616 fop1755 mutton dressed as lamb1811 comedian1893 faux bonhomme1916 1893 Music June 192 Mr. Crosby and Carl both laughed heartily as this natural comedian tried to bring his round face into sad and sober expression, while his eyes twinkled with merriment. 1954 E. Pomerantz Only a Game 7 You don't belong in this office. You belong in the movies. You're a born comedian. 1997 G. Williams Diamond Geezers xxxiv. 207 Zip it, you fucking comedian. 2013 J. Gillender & D. Beaton Magpie leaves Nest v. 102 Harry was a real comedian, joking with all the kids and teachers and whoever else he could get on with. Compounds General attributive and appositive. ΚΠ 1606 T. Morton Full Satisfaction conc. Double Romish Iniquitie ii. vii. 119 The Comedian Poet maketh his parasite to speake. 1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. D1 A comedian tongue is the onely perswasiue ornament to win a Lady. 1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. A4 ^v Sweet Comedian Scœnes of love Upon a golden Stage. 1844 Ann. Propagation Faith 5 3 He advanced towards us in the attitude of a comedian hero, and announced himself as a soldier. 1899 G. Galvin Dan Leno xviii. 134 I induced a comedian friend of mine to..go round with me to the theatres. 1904 Broadway Weekly 26 Oct. 16/1 Harry Morris gives us a new German comedian type that is good and refreshing. 1995 Entertainm. Weekly 19 May 38 All your comedian friends know that you're a wild man! 2013 S. Balcerzak Buffoon Men 11 The performers who defined the foundations of the comedian genre. Derivatives coˈmedian-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in the manner of a comedian; (b) adj. resembling or characteristic of a comedian. ΚΠ 1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. i. 39 The service thus begun, Comœdian-like, ends very Tragically. 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 141 The comedian-like psalm-singer. 1883 Radical Rev. 15 Dec. 7/3 The proud puppets..suspended on godlike strings, in order to sustain their comedian-like existence. 1901 Bk. News May 559/2 The light cast upon them renders their aspect more or less comedian-like. 2011 R. McMullen Journey into Refl. xviii. 180 He..had the most humorous, comedian-like personality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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