game-playingadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: game n., playing adj.

Etymology: < game n. + playing adj.

That plays a game or games; engaged in, given to, or characterized by game playing.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > engaged in amusement

playingOE

sporting1549

game-playing1835

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > [adjective] > playing games

gamingOE

game-playing1835

1835 H. Winslow Christianity applied to our Civil & Social Relations vi. 152 Such persons live by the excitement of stimulating preachers, in the same way that theatre-going, and novel-reading, and game-playing people live by their modes of excitement.

1894 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 6 Sept. 4/7 A few years ago but few people in Ireland, even game playing athletes, had so much as heard of golf.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 4/3 They were at ‘famous’ game-playing schools.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) v. 111 Barns and shrubberies For game-playing gangs.

2009 Guardian 28 July 25/3 Clinging to the Tory team is a whiff of clever-clever cynicism, of game-playing frivolity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	game-playing
释义	game-playingadj. Brit. /ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: game n., playing adj. Etymology: < game n. + playing adj. That plays a game or games; engaged in, given to, or characterized by game playing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > engaged in amusement playingOE sporting1549 game-playing1835 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > [adjective] > playing games gamingOE game-playing1835 1835 H. Winslow Christianity applied to our Civil & Social Relations vi. 152 Such persons live by the excitement of stimulating preachers, in the same way that theatre-going, and novel-reading, and game-playing people live by their modes of excitement. 1894 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 6 Sept. 4/7 A few years ago but few people in Ireland, even game playing athletes, had so much as heard of golf. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 4/3 They were at ‘famous’ game-playing schools. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) v. 111 Barns and shrubberies For game-playing gangs. 2009 Guardian 28 July 25/3 Clinging to the Tory team is a whiff of clever-clever cynicism, of game-playing frivolity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1835
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