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单词 funster
释义

funstern.

Brit. /ˈfʌnstə/, U.S. /ˈfənstər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fun n., -ster suffix.
Etymology: < fun n. + -ster suffix, after punster n.
colloquial.
A person who plays pranks, or one who likes to joke around; a comedian. Also: a fun or light-hearted person.In early use often in rhyming collocation with punster.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes
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1788 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 4/1 Mr. T—ffe, a Fellow of the same college, and a fellow-funster also,..arrived when the Dr. was out upon his visits.
1887 Through the Long Day I. 234 Punster is universally recognised as a permissible and legitimate word, and why not ‘funster’?
1892 Dramatic Opinions 13 Jan. 3/1 The greatest punster since Hood, and greatest funster of his age.
1948 I. Gershwin Minstrels on Parade in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 365/3 Funsters, punsters, Charming son-of-a-gunsters—Minstrels on parade!
1995 Scotsman 21 Oct. (Weekend section) 48/1 Bob Monkhouse, Roy Hudd, Victoria Wood and a host of fellow funsters.
2015 Gold Coast (Austral.) Bull. (Nexis) 18 June (Lifestyle section) 21 Economists are not exactly known as joke telling funsters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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