funnimentn.

Brit.

/ˈfʌnᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈfənᵻmənt/,

/ˈfənimənt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funny adj., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < funny adj. + -ment suffix, after merriment n.

colloquial. Now rare.

1. Nonsense, silliness; humour. Also: the quality or fact of being fun or funny.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry

playOE

gameOE

ragec1330

ribaldyc1330

triflinga1382

bourda1387

japeryc1386

jesting1526

jest1551

jollity1591

pleasantry1602

lepidity1647

drollery1653

droll1670

sport1671

pleasancy1684

funniment1822

1822 in M. Bryant Harmonists' Preceptor 179 The waggoner told I as one I've passed over, They were going to build one [sc. a bridge] from Calais to Dover... Says I, master waggoner, that cannot be, So none of your funniment prithee give me.

1842 Leicester Chron. 25 June What with his grimace, volubility, and funniment, he was irresistibly amusing.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 138/1 A man with heaps of funniment and plenty of talk.

1928 R. Roeder tr. G. Prezzolini Nicolo Machiavelli iii. x. 206 An unholy knack for the nonsense, funniment, nicknames, prattle [etc.].

2005 R. D. Lewis Humour across Frontiers xvi. 240 A child's funniment or the playfulness of a puppy are to be humoured.

2. As a count noun: a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke

gameOE

jape1377

bourda1387

mirthc1390

mowa1393

chapec1400

skauncec1440

sport?1449

popc1540

flirt1549

jest1551

merriment1576

shifta1577

facetiae1577

gig1590

pleasantry1594

lepidity1647

rallery1653

drollery1654

wit-crack1662

joco1663

pleasance1668

joke1670

jocunditya1734

quizzification1801

funniment1826

side-splitter1834

funniness1838

quizzery1841

jocularity1846

rib-tickler1855

jocosity1859

humorism1860

gag1863

gas1914

nifty1918

mirthquaker1921

rib1929

boffo1934

giggle1936

1826 Oxberry's Dramatic Biogr. IV. 115 She did a variety of funniments, too numerous to mention.

1844 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family xix, in Bentley's Misc. 541 His first funniment took place amongst the macaws.

1869 E. Yates Wrecked in Port III. iii. 64 I'll take care to repay you that little funniment on the first convenient opportunity.

1905 Evening Defiance (Ohio) Express 19 Aug. What would they do to me if I told them, no matter how delicately, that their funniments were not funny?

1936 Old Charterhouse Mag. Dec. 129/1 Funniments old age produces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	funniment
释义	funnimentn. Brit. /ˈfʌnᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfənᵻmənt/, /ˈfənimənt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funny adj., -ment suffix. Etymology: < funny adj. + -ment suffix, after merriment n. colloquial. Now rare. 1. Nonsense, silliness; humour. Also: the quality or fact of being fun or funny. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry playOE gameOE ragec1330 ribaldyc1330 triflinga1382 bourda1387 japeryc1386 jesting1526 jest1551 jollity1591 pleasantry1602 lepidity1647 drollery1653 droll1670 sport1671 pleasancy1684 funniment1822 1822 in M. Bryant Harmonists' Preceptor 179 The waggoner told I as one I've passed over, They were going to build one [sc. a bridge] from Calais to Dover... Says I, master waggoner, that cannot be, So none of your funniment prithee give me. 1842 Leicester Chron. 25 June What with his grimace, volubility, and funniment, he was irresistibly amusing. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 138/1 A man with heaps of funniment and plenty of talk. 1928 R. Roeder tr. G. Prezzolini Nicolo Machiavelli iii. x. 206 An unholy knack for the nonsense, funniment, nicknames, prattle [etc.]. 2005 R. D. Lewis Humour across Frontiers xvi. 240 A child's funniment or the playfulness of a puppy are to be humoured. 2. As a count noun: a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke gameOE jape1377 bourda1387 mirthc1390 mowa1393 chapec1400 skauncec1440 sport?1449 popc1540 flirt1549 jest1551 merriment1576 shifta1577 facetiae1577 gig1590 pleasantry1594 lepidity1647 rallery1653 drollery1654 wit-crack1662 joco1663 pleasance1668 joke1670 jocunditya1734 quizzification1801 funniment1826 side-splitter1834 funniness1838 quizzery1841 jocularity1846 rib-tickler1855 jocosity1859 humorism1860 gag1863 gas1914 nifty1918 mirthquaker1921 rib1929 boffo1934 giggle1936 1826 Oxberry's Dramatic Biogr. IV. 115 She did a variety of funniments, too numerous to mention. 1844 A. Smith Fortunes Scattergood Family xix, in Bentley's Misc. 541 His first funniment took place amongst the macaws. 1869 E. Yates Wrecked in Port III. iii. 64 I'll take care to repay you that little funniment on the first convenient opportunity. 1905 Evening Defiance (Ohio) Express 19 Aug. What would they do to me if I told them, no matter how delicately, that their funniments were not funny? 1936 Old Charterhouse Mag. Dec. 129/1 Funniments old age produces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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