单词 | gala night |
释义 | > as lemmasgala night gala day n. a day of festivity, finery and show; so gala hour, gala night. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] festivityc1410 rejoicingc1475 festivala1500 gaudy1535 show of misrule1555 gaudc1571 wake1577 festal1581 jubilee1589 gaudy-nighta1616 gala night1762 bridewain1789 gala1800 bean-feast1805 holinighta1821 let-off1827 glorification1843 pesta1964 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxiv. 104 The corporal..never put it [a Montero-cap] on but upon Gala-days. 1766 S. Sharp Lett. from Italy xxi. 86 Some of these persons of quality..order the undertaker of the opera to let out their boxes when they do not go themselves, and often stay at home purposely on gala nights. 1845 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family II. iii. 28 [He] dragged him by sheer muscular strength to Rosherville every gala night. a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. i. x. 193 The day of entertainment was made quite a gala day. < as lemmas |
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