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单词 contentment
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contentmentn.

/kənˈtɛntmənt/
Etymology: < French contentement (late 16th cent. in Littré), < contenter to content v.: see -ment suffix. In English it has to a great extent exchanged the character of a noun of action for that of a noun of quality derived from an adjective, as if = contentness, contentedness.
1.
a. The action of satisfying; the process of being satisfied; satisfaction. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > action or process of satisfying or being satisfied
contentmentc1475
satisficing?1531
contenting1541
c1475 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (Harl. 642) (1790) 22 For the contentement of his household royal and creditors thereof.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 35 The Victor..must doe many thinges to the expectation and contentment of them, by whose helpe he obteined the victorie.
1589 T. Randolfe in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 401 All being..done..to his contentment, he licensed mee and my whole company to depart.
a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) II. 265 Doing the best worke..for the honor of God, contentment of the King.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. ii. 43 The guests took their leave..to the contentment of mine host.
1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude ix. 173 With no contentment to the appetites of the hungry.
b. Satisfaction of a claim; payment. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun]
yield601
angildeOE
maegboteOE
allowancea1325
finea1400
boota1450
reparationa1460
contentation1467
disdomage1502
contention1516
regard1568
contentment1603
atonement-money1611
satisfaction1621
satisfaction money1651
content1689
compensation1804
smart money1817
hoot1820
indemnization1836
compo1941
MCA1973
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1116 The lord Swartzenburg..was comming with money to giue them contentment.
2.
a. The fact, condition, or quality of being contented; contentedness. (The usual modern sense.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun]
queemnesseOE
queemc1175
suffisancec1374
pleasingc1400
complacencec1436
resting?a1475
satisfaction1477
happinessa1500
thankfulness1500
contention1516
contentationa1533
contenting1541
satisfiedness1571
content1578
contentedness1581
appeasement1586
contentment1597
heart's content1600
acquiescence1612
pleasedness1626
well-apaidness1633
well-pleasedness1633
complacency1643
acquiescency1646
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxviii. 190 The same contentment tranquilitie and ioy that others..haue reaped.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Tim. vi. 6 But godlinesse with contentment is great gaine. View more context for this quotation
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xxxvi. 112 In much contentment and peace, He began to look homewards.
1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st xv. 8 From health contentment springs.
1886 J. Morley Comte in Crit. Misc. III. 339 After a short experiment of three weeks, Comte returned to neediness and contentment.
b. Const. with, †in.
ΚΠ
1651 in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 563 He manifested to his friends what great contentment he had in his approaching death.
1680 W. Temple Ess. Excesses of Grief in Miscellanea 175 Contentment in His Will is..the best remedy we can apply to all our misfortunes.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 Squalid contentment with conventions.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 36 To abide in patient contentment with an all but purely critical reserve.
3. Pleasure, delight, gratification. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun]
lustc888
lustfulnessa900
queemnesseOE
mirtheOE
estec1000
winOE
queemc1175
sweetness?c1225
solace1297
dutea1300
lustinga1300
joyingc1300
jollityc1330
lustiheadc1369
lustinessc1374
sweet1377
voluptyc1380
well-pleasinga1382
pleasancec1385
pleasurea1393
volupta1398
easementc1400
pleasingc1400
complacencec1436
pleasec1475
satisfaction1477
likancea1500
oblectation1508
beauty1523
aggradation1533
pleasurancec1540
joc1560
likement1577
contentment1587
beloving1589
gratification1598
savouriness1599
entertain1601
pleasedness1626
well-apaidness1633
well-pleasedness1633
pleasingness1649
complacency1652
adlubescence1656
enjoyment1665
volupe1669
musica1674
pleasantry1740
barrel of fun (laughs, etc.)1915
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1546/1 There was never worke attempted with more desire, nor proceeded in with more contentment.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iv. xl. 164 They caused..great contentment [L. laetitiam] after former fear.
1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. F2 Neuer word of hers, I heare, But..[it]..much more contentment brings, Than the sweetly-touched strings.
1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 41 At the reading of this Paper, my Heart ran over with Contentment.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc v. 311 I..feel Joy and contentment in the merciful task For which I am sent forth.
4. A source of satisfaction or pleasure; a pleasure, enjoyment, delight; = content n.2 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [noun] > source or instance of sensuous pleasure
likingeOE
feasta1393
sensualityc1425
contentation1569
contentment1579
sugar candy1591
content1594
sugar-plum1608
contentingc1620
gratification1711
1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 86 Untill a mans fansye be satisfied, he wantith his most soveraigne contentement.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 177 Many and great contentmentes, many and sound comfortes.
1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1235 Money and apparrell, the souldiors greatest contentments.
1611 Markham (title) Country Contentments..as namely Hunting, Hawking, etc.
1692 Lady Russell Lett. II. cxxxv. 109 As for reading, I am past that contentment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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