gamesomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡeɪms(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈɡeɪmsəm/

Forms: see game n. and -some suffix¹; also late Middle English gameson (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: game n., -some suffix¹.

Etymology: < game n. + -some suffix¹.

Full of the spirit of game or play; frolicsome, playful, sportive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]

gamingOE

playfulc1225

gamefulc1275

gamelya1350

gamesomea1375

playable?c1475

frisky?a1500

sporting1549

sportful1577

toyish1577

toyful1580

sportive1593

gambol1600

sportly1600

sporting1607

playsome1612

jiggish1635

toysome1638

ludible1656

ludibund1668

good-humoured1682

flippant1711

lusory1711

gamp1737

kittenish1753

sportable1767

disportive1773

whisky1782

playward1878

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4193 Sche gamsum & glad goþ hem a-ȝens.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 53 Gamsome [1483 BL Add. 89074 Gameson], ludibundus.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 26^v I now taking hart at grasse, to see hir so gamesome.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 363 Whether they have beene..living creatures, or the gamesome sports of Nature.

a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 261 The looser pastime of her gamesome Hair.

1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 321 The Shepherd..Sits piping to his Flocks and gamesome Kids.

1794 S. T. Coleridge To Young Ass in Morning Chron. 30 Dec. 3/4 How thou would'st toss thy heels, in gamesome play.

1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man II. viii. 246 Evelyn, a laughing cherub, a gamesome infant,..would..make the halls re-echo with his merriment.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 3 The stags..bounded away, not affrighted, but only shy and gamesome.

1908 H. Van Dyke Out-of-Doors in Holy Land xi. 269 The fish are here, as lively and gamesome as brook trout.

1946 L. Lenski Blue Ridge Billy xii. 171 ‘What you boys doin' out here in the middle of the night?’ he demanded. ‘Up to your gamesome tricks?’

1992 Harper's Mag. Oct. 60/1 And Thomson's teammates gathering at home plate and Thomson circling the bases in gamesome leaps and frolics.

2008 D. Bilsborough Fire in North v. 154 He cavorted and twisted..in his struggle to pluck the gamesome, chittering sprites from his tangled hair.

Derivatives

ˈgamesomely adv. in a gamesome manner; playfully, sportively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adverb]

gamelya1375

gamefullyc1410

gamesomelya1425

wantonlya1475

sportfullya1586

sportively1597

lasciviously1607

puppy-like1617

sportinglya1639

playsomely1646

playfully1736

disportively1810

kittenishly1896

a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 88 He schuld fele good [perh. read God] gamesumli [a1500 Cambr. Kk.6.26 gammensomly] pley wiþ hym, as þe fadir doþ wiþ þe childe.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bij^v To catch the baulme-sweete breathing of the aire, Which gamesomlie into their bosomes got.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 45 The fatter the Ox is, the more gamesomly he goes to the Slaughter.

1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 58/2 The smoke puffs gamesomely down the chimney.

1900 J. M. Barrie Tommy & Grizel xxxv. 427 I wonder for how long men can be together without talking gamesomely of women?

2008 Evening Standard (Nexis) 28 May a3 He gamesomely threatens her with a good spanking.

ˈgamesomeness n. the quality of being gamesome; playfulness, sportiveness.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [noun]

sportfulnessa1586

sportiveness1601

frolicknessa1617

gamesomeness1631

ludibundness1664

playfulness1673

playsomeness1676

friskiness1727

sportability1768

coquetry1794

toyfulness1838

larkiness1896

kittenishness1905

1631 W. Watts tr. St. Augustine Confessions ix. viii. 526 Such ouerflowing excesses as youth is subiect vnto, who boyle ouer with gamesomenesse.

1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius Satyr (new ed.) 70 I..told him of the Gamesomeness of the lewd Lycas.

1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. i. 52 A pretty contrivance..Which, however high-mettled, their gamesomeness checks.

1902 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 382 [They] were fain to dance prolonged hornpipes out of sheer gamesomeness and freshness of limb.

2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 27 You may find all this metafictional gamesomeness winning. I, in the end, didn't.

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

单词	gamesome
释义	gamesomeadj. Brit. /ˈɡeɪms(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪmsəm/ Forms: see game n. and -some suffix¹; also late Middle English gameson (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: game n., -some suffix¹. Etymology: < game n. + -some suffix¹. Full of the spirit of game or play; frolicsome, playful, sportive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective] gamingOE playfulc1225 gamefulc1275 gamelya1350 gamesomea1375 playable?c1475 frisky?a1500 sporting1549 sportful1577 toyish1577 toyful1580 sportive1593 gambol1600 sportly1600 sporting1607 playsome1612 jiggish1635 toysome1638 ludible1656 ludibund1668 good-humoured1682 flippant1711 lusory1711 gamp1737 kittenish1753 sportable1767 disportive1773 whisky1782 playward1878 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4193 Sche gamsum & glad goþ hem a-ȝens. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 53 Gamsome [1483 BL Add. 89074 Gameson], ludibundus. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 26^v I now taking hart at grasse, to see hir so gamesome. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 363 Whether they have beene..living creatures, or the gamesome sports of Nature. a1658 J. Cleveland Wks. (1687) 261 The looser pastime of her gamesome Hair. 1735 J. Thomson Rome: 3rd Pt. Liberty 321 The Shepherd..Sits piping to his Flocks and gamesome Kids. 1794 S. T. Coleridge To Young Ass in Morning Chron. 30 Dec. 3/4 How thou would'st toss thy heels, in gamesome play. 1826 M. W. Shelley Last Man II. viii. 246 Evelyn, a laughing cherub, a gamesome infant,..would..make the halls re-echo with his merriment. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home II. 3 The stags..bounded away, not affrighted, but only shy and gamesome. 1908 H. Van Dyke Out-of-Doors in Holy Land xi. 269 The fish are here, as lively and gamesome as brook trout. 1946 L. Lenski Blue Ridge Billy xii. 171 ‘What you boys doin' out here in the middle of the night?’ he demanded. ‘Up to your gamesome tricks?’ 1992 Harper's Mag. Oct. 60/1 And Thomson's teammates gathering at home plate and Thomson circling the bases in gamesome leaps and frolics. 2008 D. Bilsborough Fire in North v. 154 He cavorted and twisted..in his struggle to pluck the gamesome, chittering sprites from his tangled hair. Derivatives ˈgamesomely adv. in a gamesome manner; playfully, sportively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adverb] gamelya1375 gamefullyc1410 gamesomelya1425 wantonlya1475 sportfullya1586 sportively1597 lasciviously1607 puppy-like1617 sportinglya1639 playsomely1646 playfully1736 disportively1810 kittenishly1896 a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 88 He schuld fele good [perh. read God] gamesumli [a1500 Cambr. Kk.6.26 gammensomly] pley wiþ hym, as þe fadir doþ wiþ þe childe. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bij^v To catch the baulme-sweete breathing of the aire, Which gamesomlie into their bosomes got. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 45 The fatter the Ox is, the more gamesomly he goes to the Slaughter. View more context for this quotation 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 58/2 The smoke puffs gamesomely down the chimney. 1900 J. M. Barrie Tommy & Grizel xxxv. 427 I wonder for how long men can be together without talking gamesomely of women? 2008 Evening Standard (Nexis) 28 May a3 He gamesomely threatens her with a good spanking. ˈgamesomeness n. the quality of being gamesome; playfulness, sportiveness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [noun] sportfulnessa1586 sportiveness1601 frolicknessa1617 gamesomeness1631 ludibundness1664 playfulness1673 playsomeness1676 friskiness1727 sportability1768 coquetry1794 toyfulness1838 larkiness1896 kittenishness1905 1631 W. Watts tr. St. Augustine Confessions ix. viii. 526 Such ouerflowing excesses as youth is subiect vnto, who boyle ouer with gamesomenesse. 1694 W. Burnaby tr. Petronius Satyr (new ed.) 70 I..told him of the Gamesomeness of the lewd Lycas. 1813 T. Moore Intercepted Lett. i. 52 A pretty contrivance..Which, however high-mettled, their gamesomeness checks. 1902 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 382 [They] were fain to dance prolonged hornpipes out of sheer gamesomeness and freshness of limb. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 27 You may find all this metafictional gamesomeness winning. I, in the end, didn't. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1375
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