eightsomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈeɪts(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈeɪts(ə)m/, Scottish English

/ˈets(ə)m/

Forms: Also Middle English aȝt-sum.

Etymology: formed on the analogy of Old English phrases like syxa sum one of six, where the numeral is in genitive plural. See eight adj. and n. and some adj.¹, and compare Scots twasome , threesome ; -some suffix².

Now chiefly Scottish.

Eight together. eightsome-reel n. [after foursome] a kind of dance in which eight persons take part. Also n. = an eightsome reel.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [adverb] > eight together

eightsomec1400

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 411 Hym aȝt-sum in þat ark as aþel god lyked.

1745 A. Murray Let. 3 July in J. J. Murray Chrons. Atholl & Tullibardine Families II. 481 I am to be in the ‘Eightsome Minuet’ if I be at the Ball.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 615 The eightsome-reel of the heptarchy became the pas-seul of the kingdom of England.

1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 246 They..caper through the ‘eightsome’ figure with louder ‘hooch-hoochs!’ than before.

1899 Daily Mail 1 June 4/5 After two o'clock reels and eightsomes were indulged in.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 7/2 A host of charming young Highland girls, with the tartans and badges of their clans, danced the eightsomes and the Reel of Tulloch.

1926 Glasgow Herald 7 June 8 The dancing of Scottish reels, foursomes, eightsomes, and sometimes even a sixteensome.

1952 ‘J. Tey’ Singing Sands vii. 109 There was room, with some squeezing, for three eightsomes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eightsome
释义	eightsomeadj. Brit. /ˈeɪts(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈeɪts(ə)m/, Scottish English /ˈets(ə)m/ Forms: Also Middle English aȝt-sum. Etymology: formed on the analogy of Old English phrases like syxa sum one of six, where the numeral is in genitive plural. See eight adj. and n. and some adj.¹, and compare Scots twasome , threesome ; -some suffix². Now chiefly Scottish. Eight together. eightsome-reel n. [after foursome] a kind of dance in which eight persons take part. Also n. = an eightsome reel. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eight > [adverb] > eight together eightsomec1400 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 411 Hym aȝt-sum in þat ark as aþel god lyked. 1745 A. Murray Let. 3 July in J. J. Murray Chrons. Atholl & Tullibardine Families II. 481 I am to be in the ‘Eightsome Minuet’ if I be at the Ball. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 615 The eightsome-reel of the heptarchy became the pas-seul of the kingdom of England. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 246 They..caper through the ‘eightsome’ figure with louder ‘hooch-hoochs!’ than before. 1899 Daily Mail 1 June 4/5 After two o'clock reels and eightsomes were indulged in. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 7/2 A host of charming young Highland girls, with the tartans and badges of their clans, danced the eightsomes and the Reel of Tulloch. 1926 Glasgow Herald 7 June 8 The dancing of Scottish reels, foursomes, eightsomes, and sometimes even a sixteensome. 1952 ‘J. Tey’ Singing Sands vii. 109 There was room, with some squeezing, for three eightsomes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400
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