| 单词 | gamesomeness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgamesomeness 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. < as lemmas |
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