entertainingn.

Brit.

/ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪnɪŋ/

Forms: see entertain v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: entertain v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < entertain v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier entertainment n.

The action of entertain v. (in various senses); entertainment.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood

substancec1384

maintenance1389

sustenance1389

sustentation1389

sustaining1395

findingc1400

uphold1439

retainment1449

exhibition?a1475

entertainment?c1475

upholdingc1480

entertaininga1492

sustenation1496

support1561

alimentation1590

alimony1622

enablement1626

subsisting1698

keep1801

life support1852

palimony1977

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > acceptance

underfonging1340

acceptionc1384

acceptation1426

accepting1439

entertaininga1492

acceptance1534

entertainment1586

take-up1946

society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > reception of visitors

recueil1490

entertainment1563

entreatya1569

reception1615

receipt1664

entertaininga1687

treat1691

accoil1814

recep.1918

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun]

gesteningc1200

semblant1297

guestinga1300

harbergery1303

hospitalityc1384

harbergagec1386

cheerc1390

rehetc1390

waitinga1400

hostryingec1470

entreaty1525

entertainment1576

entertain1591

hostelity1593

hospitage1611

xenodochy1623

hospitation1863

entertaining1883

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lix. f. cxii/2 Some tyme they made robes of heyre. not oonly for the enterteynynge of theyr lyfe, But also for to socoure the poore.

1517 R. Fox tr. St. Benedict Rule liii. sig. F.iii^v The receyuinge & charytable entertaynynge of gestes.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 663 What profite this gentle entertaynyng of his people brought him to..all men may easely coniecture.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 27 Both the message of Elisha and Naaman's entertaining thereof.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 30 By this entertaining of Strangers for Soldiers, their Country becomes more and more peopled.

1727 Hist. Reg. No. 45. 57 The entertaining of violent Suspicions and Apprehensions could not be avoided.

1762 A. Campbell's Instr. to Son (new ed.) 53 Nothing sooner corrupts or rottens friendship, than an over-hasty entertaining of it.

1837 Friend 15 July 328/1 There will be no entertaining of hard thoughts.

1883 Athenæum 27 Oct. 534/2 The club expect also to have the entertaining of..distinguished guests.

1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 206/2 (advt.) Our Entertainment Department has many bulletins to help you, whether it be formal entertaining or ‘foolish parties’.

1979 B. L. Knapp Prometheus Syndrome 8 The entertaining of the notion that one day man would succeed in unraveling the secrets of matter and nature.

2014 B. L. Garrett Too Big to Jail ix. 218 It was secured through bribes and lavish entertaining of visiting royalty.

Compounds

General attributive, esp. designating a building, room, or other place for entertaining guests or an audience.

ΚΠ

1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 16 There is a Musick-house or Entertaining-house.

1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xii. 39 They burn't also the Dormitory, Refectory, entertaining Hall.

1791 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 268 The present Assembly room was to be appropriated for an entertaining room.

1882 Irish Times 26 Dec. 6/2 All the incidents in the life of the shipwrecked mariner..are woven together and made to do entertaining duty for the young.

1929 G. Webb in R. Fry et al. Georgian Art 28 The chief entertaining room is on the first floor.

1986 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Mar. The house they bought as a shell and turned into an entertaining venue.

2015 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 26 July (Real Estate section) 15 The easier way to create an inviting entertaining space is by adding plants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

entertainingadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪnɪŋ/

Forms: see entertain v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: entertain v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < entertain v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier entertaining n.With sense 2 compare earlier entertainingly adv. 1.

1. That engages or occupies the attention, esp. pleasantly; (in later use) spec. that provides entertainment or amusement.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > amusing or entertaining

sportful1445

solaciousc1450

recreativec1487

good1489

sportsome1533

entertaining1582

divertive1598

pastiming1606

distractful1636

diverting1651

divertising1655

divertissanta1660

lightsome1679

amusive1730

amusing1753

musical1815

fun1827

funsy1958

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. M.iiij The very attyre of this Chamber walles, had an intertaining vertue.

1662 Duchess of Newcastle Lady Contemplation 187 in Playes Written i. ii. iv. I am better pleased with a solitary silence..than with a talking conversation, or an entertaining talking.

1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 11 For the presence of any desirable Object, we know is more acceptable and entertaining than either the notion or Prospect of it.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 128 A part of Knowledge both useful and entertaining.

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iv. 66 The secondary Use of Speech is to please and be entertaining to each other in Conversation.

1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) i. 7 Of all the employments in life, none is more..entertaining, than the cultivation of plants.

1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 237 Any one who provides good dinners for clever people, and remembers what they say, cannot fail to write entertaining memoirs.

1860 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 1st Ser. (ed. 7) 105 Enterteening has in olden Scottish usage the sense not of amusing but of interesting.

1913 J. Huneker Pathos of Distance iii. i. 49 You could always count on meeting entertaining companions.

1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore vi. 30 These lively, entertaining little animals..are extremely vulnerable to insecticides.

2013 New Yorker 12 Aug. 32/2 While sex scandals are often entertaining, they are seldom educational.

2. That shows or extends hospitality; hospitable; that receives guests. Now rare.figurative in quot. 1640.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable

harborous1526

hospitable1570

hospital1570

harboursome1584

hospitalious1596

hospitious?1611

entertaining1640

xenodochial1716

open-housed1804

open house1836

open-doored1842

1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? i. 102 An entertaining eye becomes ready to usher in that speech.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ix. 711 This is the heavenly fellowship represented unto entertaining Abraham.

1813 G. Cocking Hervey's Medit. & Contempl. (new ed.) vi. 108 The trav'ler languishing moves on, with hopes Some entertaining inn may soon appear.

1895 Acts & Proc. Gen. Synod Reformed Church in Amer. 229 The reduced rates and kind attention with which the members..have been favored by the proprietors and management of the different entertaining hotels.

2001 Y. C. Draznin Victorian London's Middle-class Housewife vii. 77 The latter [kind of cook] professed to be able to turn out an elegant dinner of six, eight, or ten courses as demanded by the entertaining hostess.

†3. That provides sustenance; that supports life. Cf. entertain v. 1c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving in being or maintaining > specifically a living thing

entertaining1691

supporting1770

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 202 The Air Temperate and Healthy, the Earth Fruitful and Entertaining.

Derivatives

enterˈtainingness n. the quality of being entertaining.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > amusing or entertaining quality

divertingness1698

amusiveness1805

entertainingness1808

amusingness1823

1808 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 76 Perfect Simplicity and an unpretending nature, joined to shrewdness & entertainingness make a valuable Woman.

1884 E. E. Hale Christmas in Narragansett v. 117 No method known by which you can inspissate entertainingness into a dull article.

1936 Spectator 13 Nov. 844/1 Most people choose their daily paper, not for its opinions, but for its entertainingness.

2001 Daily Tel (Nexis) 29 Dec. 61 There wouldn't be much between the entertainingness of Harry Potter and the excitingness of The Lord of the Rings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	entertaining
释义	entertainingn. Brit. /ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪnɪŋ/ Forms: see entertain v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: entertain v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < entertain v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier entertainment n. The action of entertain v. (in various senses); entertainment. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood substancec1384 maintenance1389 sustenance1389 sustentation1389 sustaining1395 findingc1400 uphold1439 retainment1449 exhibition?a1475 entertainment?c1475 upholdingc1480 entertaininga1492 sustenation1496 support1561 alimentation1590 alimony1622 enablement1626 subsisting1698 keep1801 life support1852 palimony1977 the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > [noun] > acceptance underfonging1340 acceptionc1384 acceptation1426 accepting1439 entertaininga1492 acceptance1534 entertainment1586 take-up1946 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > reception of visitors recueil1490 entertainment1563 entreatya1569 reception1615 receipt1664 entertaininga1687 treat1691 accoil1814 recep.1918 society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [noun] gesteningc1200 semblant1297 guestinga1300 harbergery1303 hospitalityc1384 harbergagec1386 cheerc1390 rehetc1390 waitinga1400 hostryingec1470 entreaty1525 entertainment1576 entertain1591 hostelity1593 hospitage1611 xenodochy1623 hospitation1863 entertaining1883 a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lix. f. cxii/2 Some tyme they made robes of heyre. not oonly for the enterteynynge of theyr lyfe, But also for to socoure the poore. 1517 R. Fox tr. St. Benedict Rule liii. sig. F.iii^v The receyuinge & charytable entertaynynge of gestes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 663 What profite this gentle entertaynyng of his people brought him to..all men may easely coniecture. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 27 Both the message of Elisha and Naaman's entertaining thereof. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 30 By this entertaining of Strangers for Soldiers, their Country becomes more and more peopled. 1727 Hist. Reg. No. 45. 57 The entertaining of violent Suspicions and Apprehensions could not be avoided. 1762 A. Campbell's Instr. to Son (new ed.) 53 Nothing sooner corrupts or rottens friendship, than an over-hasty entertaining of it. 1837 Friend 15 July 328/1 There will be no entertaining of hard thoughts. 1883 Athenæum 27 Oct. 534/2 The club expect also to have the entertaining of..distinguished guests. 1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 206/2 (advt.) Our Entertainment Department has many bulletins to help you, whether it be formal entertaining or ‘foolish parties’. 1979 B. L. Knapp Prometheus Syndrome 8 The entertaining of the notion that one day man would succeed in unraveling the secrets of matter and nature. 2014 B. L. Garrett Too Big to Jail ix. 218 It was secured through bribes and lavish entertaining of visiting royalty. Compounds General attributive, esp. designating a building, room, or other place for entertaining guests or an audience. ΚΠ 1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 16 There is a Musick-house or Entertaining-house. 1745 F. Blomefield Hist. Norwich xii. 39 They burn't also the Dormitory, Refectory, entertaining Hall. 1791 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 268 The present Assembly room was to be appropriated for an entertaining room. 1882 Irish Times 26 Dec. 6/2 All the incidents in the life of the shipwrecked mariner..are woven together and made to do entertaining duty for the young. 1929 G. Webb in R. Fry et al. Georgian Art 28 The chief entertaining room is on the first floor. 1986 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Mar. The house they bought as a shell and turned into an entertaining venue. 2015 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 26 July (Real Estate section) 15 The easier way to create an inviting entertaining space is by adding plants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). entertainingadj. Brit. /ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪnɪŋ/ Forms: see entertain v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: entertain v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < entertain v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier entertaining n.With sense 2 compare earlier entertainingly adv. 1. 1. That engages or occupies the attention, esp. pleasantly; (in later use) spec. that provides entertainment or amusement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > amusing or entertaining sportful1445 solaciousc1450 recreativec1487 good1489 sportsome1533 entertaining1582 divertive1598 pastiming1606 distractful1636 diverting1651 divertising1655 divertissanta1660 lightsome1679 amusive1730 amusing1753 musical1815 fun1827 funsy1958 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. M.iiij The very attyre of this Chamber walles, had an intertaining vertue. 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Lady Contemplation 187 in Playes Written i. ii. iv. I am better pleased with a solitary silence..than with a talking conversation, or an entertaining talking. 1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 11 For the presence of any desirable Object, we know is more acceptable and entertaining than either the notion or Prospect of it. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 128 A part of Knowledge both useful and entertaining. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iv. 66 The secondary Use of Speech is to please and be entertaining to each other in Conversation. 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) i. 7 Of all the employments in life, none is more..entertaining, than the cultivation of plants. 1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 237 Any one who provides good dinners for clever people, and remembers what they say, cannot fail to write entertaining memoirs. 1860 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 1st Ser. (ed. 7) 105 Enterteening has in olden Scottish usage the sense not of amusing but of interesting. 1913 J. Huneker Pathos of Distance iii. i. 49 You could always count on meeting entertaining companions. 1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore vi. 30 These lively, entertaining little animals..are extremely vulnerable to insecticides. 2013 New Yorker 12 Aug. 32/2 While sex scandals are often entertaining, they are seldom educational. 2. That shows or extends hospitality; hospitable; that receives guests. Now rare.figurative in quot. 1640. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable harborous1526 hospitable1570 hospital1570 harboursome1584 hospitalious1596 hospitious?1611 entertaining1640 xenodochial1716 open-housed1804 open house1836 open-doored1842 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? i. 102 An entertaining eye becomes ready to usher in that speech. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ix. 711 This is the heavenly fellowship represented unto entertaining Abraham. 1813 G. Cocking Hervey's Medit. & Contempl. (new ed.) vi. 108 The trav'ler languishing moves on, with hopes Some entertaining inn may soon appear. 1895 Acts & Proc. Gen. Synod Reformed Church in Amer. 229 The reduced rates and kind attention with which the members..have been favored by the proprietors and management of the different entertaining hotels. 2001 Y. C. Draznin Victorian London's Middle-class Housewife vii. 77 The latter [kind of cook] professed to be able to turn out an elegant dinner of six, eight, or ten courses as demanded by the entertaining hostess. †3. That provides sustenance; that supports life. Cf. entertain v. 1c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserving in being or maintaining > specifically a living thing entertaining1691 supporting1770 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 202 The Air Temperate and Healthy, the Earth Fruitful and Entertaining. Derivatives enterˈtainingness n. the quality of being entertaining. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > amusing or entertaining quality divertingness1698 amusiveness1805 entertainingness1808 amusingness1823 1808 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 76 Perfect Simplicity and an unpretending nature, joined to shrewdness & entertainingness make a valuable Woman. 1884 E. E. Hale Christmas in Narragansett v. 117 No method known by which you can inspissate entertainingness into a dull article. 1936 Spectator 13 Nov. 844/1 Most people choose their daily paper, not for its opinions, but for its entertainingness. 2001 Daily Tel (Nexis) 29 Dec. 61 There wouldn't be much between the entertainingness of Harry Potter and the excitingness of The Lord of the Rings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1492adj.1582
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