greetingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡridɪŋ/

Etymology: < greet v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of greet v.¹, in various senses; an instance of this, esp. a salutation. sendeth greeting n. a translation (now archaic) of the Latin and Greek epistolary formulæ of salutation, salutem (dicit), χαίρειν; also with ellipsis of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation

greetingc900

salus?c1225

hailingc1275

saluingc1374

salutationc1384

halsing1387

callinga1400

hailsinga1400

salutea1400

saluec1430

saluting1533

greeta1592

regreets1600

salvo1653

salvediction1668

hello1854

mihi1869

tumble1921

big-up1992

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) ii. x. 124 Bonefatius papa sende Eadwine gretinge.

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke i. 29 And geðohte hulig wæs ðios groeteng.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 207 Gretunge, keiser, walde wel bicumen þe..ȝef [etc.].

c1275 in Old Eng. Misc. 100 From heouene in-to eorþe god gretynge he sende.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4883 A gay greting was þer gret wan þei to-gedir met.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 9 Whanne Elizabeth herde þe greting of Marie.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17647 Ioseph sli greting þam gaf, ‘Godds peis mot yee alle haf’.

1444 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 399 James, be the grace of God kyng of Scottis, to the alderman and balleis of our burgh of Aberden gretyng.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 47 My lady sente me to yow, and sendeth yow gretinge, and sente yow this letter.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xi. 27 Kynge Antiochus sendeth gretinge vnto the councell and the other people of the Iewes.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 243 Oh to what purpose doest thou hoard thy words, That thou returnest no greeting to thy friends?

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 27 Health and faire greeting from our Generall.

1611 Bible (King James) James i. 1 Iames..to the twelue tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting .

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 3 John i. 13–14 Kind Remembrances and Greetings are suitable to Christian Fellowship.

1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 54 Where once the Dove and Olive-Bough Offered a greeting of good ale To all who entered Grasmere Vale.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xviii. 199 Tito did not kneel, but simply made a greeting of profound deference.

1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 51 Everybody meets everybody with greetings on the warmth and the sunshine.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

greeting-place n.

ΚΠ

1867 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 114 The tree which marked the greeting-place of master Bunsby.

greeting-word n.

ΚΠ

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2799 Rihht affterr þatt tin greting word. Wass cumenn i min ære.

C2.

greeting-card n. (also greetings-card) a card sent to relatives and friends at Christmas (or another festival).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > correspondence > letter > card > [noun]

card1596

message card1746

birthday card1797

view card1822

acceptance1837

Easter card1842

wedding-cards1847

comic1860

postcard1869

letter card1870

postal card1870

pc1876

postal1877

note-card1884

photo card1890

greeting-card1898

picture postcard1899

seaside postcard1955

sympathy card1967

1898 Weekly Budget 24 Dec. (Christmas Suppl.) 14/5 (heading) Yule-tide parcel..containing:..greeting cards, [etc.].

1907 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 12/1 The sending of the Royal greeting-cards is also a very big business.

1936 Discovery Dec. 366/2 Attractive greeting cards for Christmas use.

1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) 49/2 Greetings Cards.

1967 F. Mullally Prizewinner iv. 57 She had been behind the counter, serving a woman with greetings cards.

greeting stamp n. (see quot. 1936).

ΚΠ

1936 Discovery Dec. 378/2 Christmas seals, which are little greeting stamps used for sticking on the flaps of Christmas letters and on parcels.

greeting telegram n. (also greetings telegram) a coloured and illustrated telegram form conveying congratulations for weddings, birthdays, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of

telotype1850

cablegram1868

cable-message1877

phonogram1880

cable1883

ticking1888

aerogram1890

T.T.1893

petit bleu1898

Marconigram1902

radio-telegram1902

radiogram1903

wireless1903

news flash1904

teleflash1904

lettergram1908

day letter1910

night letter telegram1910

night telegraph letter1912

radio1915

printergram1932

teletype1933

greeting telegram1937

telemessage1941

overnight telegram1955

telex1957

1937 Rep. Proc. 14th Conf. ASLIB 76 The design of a new ‘greetings’ telegram.

1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising ii. 51 The floor was littered with the gilt envelopes of ‘greeting’ telegrams.

1967 V. Canning Python Project vi. 110 The British Post Office..would deliver it as a greetings telegram with a border of fluffy rabbits, song birds and nosegays.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

greetingn.²

Brit.

/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡridɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈɡritɪŋ/

Etymology: < greet v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Now only Scottish and northern dialect.

The action of greet v.²; lamentation, weeping.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun]

wopOE

reminga1200

weepingc1200

weepc1275

dolec1290

greetinga1300

greeta1325

grota1325

teara1340

tear1377

lachrymation?1530

gree?1567

waterworks1634

pipation1656

fletion1716

piping1779

ploration1828

blarting1898

a1300 Cursor Mundi 24624 For mi greting ful sare þai grett.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1451 Now es laghter and now es gretyng.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 34 Þe vale of Mambre, þat es at say þe Vale of Gretyng.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 514 Yocht I say yat yai gret sothly It wes na greting propyrly.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 428 Ane huge clamoure, mingit sum parte with skirll and greting of wiffis and barnis.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3491 What gretyng & gremþ growes vnto þe?

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 210 Griting and gnashing of teeth.

attributive.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17947 Þat þu þe suink naght..wid greting praier for to gett þe oyle þat god in hight has sett.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

greetingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡridɪŋ/

Etymology: < greet v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That greets, salutes, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > greeting or saluting

salutation1713

salutational1855

greeting1890

1890 Daily News 3 Oct. 3/4 The greeting cheers from all parts of the hall.

Derivatives

ˈgreetingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adverb] > with greetings

greetingly1834

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 339 It hails the lov'd child greetingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

greetingadj.²

Brit.

/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɡridɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈɡritɪŋ/

Etymology: < greet v.² + -ing suffix².

Scottish.

That ‘greets’ or weeps.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]

weepingc900

wopi?c1225

greetingfula1340

greetyc1350

weeplyc1374

weepfula1382

weepinglyc1440

lachrymablec1450

moistc1450

lachrymous1490

rainy1563

tearfula1586

greeting1588

collachrymate1593

crying1594

onion-eyeda1616

maudlinc1616

rheumatica1627

fluxed1628

lachrymalc1630

crystal-droppinga1650

showery1654

lugent1656

Niobean1665

lachrymary1693

lachrymose1727

moist-eyed1797

larmoyant1824

pluviose1824

ploratory1831

lachrymating1837

screwmatic1847

pipy1861

weepy1863

blarting1898

leaky1905

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 39 With greitting eyes vaiting for ws in the coaste of the heavenlie countrie.

a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 210 Away with him, he is a greeting devil.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹c900

n.²a1300

adj.¹1834

adj.²1588

单词	greeting
释义	greetingn.¹ Brit. /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡridɪŋ/ Etymology: < greet v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of greet v.¹, in various senses; an instance of this, esp. a salutation. sendeth greeting n. a translation (now archaic) of the Latin and Greek epistolary formulæ of salutation, salutem (dicit), χαίρειν; also with ellipsis of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation greetingc900 salus?c1225 hailingc1275 saluingc1374 salutationc1384 halsing1387 callinga1400 hailsinga1400 salutea1400 saluec1430 saluting1533 greeta1592 regreets1600 salvo1653 salvediction1668 hello1854 mihi1869 tumble1921 big-up1992 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) ii. x. 124 Bonefatius papa sende Eadwine gretinge. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke i. 29 And geðohte hulig wæs ðios groeteng. a1225 Leg. Kath. 207 Gretunge, keiser, walde wel bicumen þe..ȝef [etc.]. c1275 in Old Eng. Misc. 100 From heouene in-to eorþe god gretynge he sende. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4883 A gay greting was þer gret wan þei to-gedir met. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 9 Whanne Elizabeth herde þe greting of Marie. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17647 Ioseph sli greting þam gaf, ‘Godds peis mot yee alle haf’. 1444 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 399 James, be the grace of God kyng of Scottis, to the alderman and balleis of our burgh of Aberden gretyng. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 47 My lady sente me to yow, and sendeth yow gretinge, and sente yow this letter. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. xi. 27 Kynge Antiochus sendeth gretinge vnto the councell and the other people of the Iewes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 243 Oh to what purpose doest thou hoard thy words, That thou returnest no greeting to thy friends? 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. i. 27 Health and faire greeting from our Generall. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) James i. 1 Iames..to the twelue tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting . View more context for this quotation 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. 3 John i. 13–14 Kind Remembrances and Greetings are suitable to Christian Fellowship. 1805 W. Wordsworth Waggoner i. 54 Where once the Dove and Olive-Bough Offered a greeting of good ale To all who entered Grasmere Vale. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xviii. 199 Tito did not kneel, but simply made a greeting of profound deference. 1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 51 Everybody meets everybody with greetings on the warmth and the sunshine. Compounds C1. General attributive. greeting-place n. ΚΠ 1867 R. S. Hawker Prose Wks. (1893) 114 The tree which marked the greeting-place of master Bunsby. greeting-word n. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2799 Rihht affterr þatt tin greting word. Wass cumenn i min ære. C2. greeting-card n. (also greetings-card) a card sent to relatives and friends at Christmas (or another festival). ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > card > [noun] card1596 message card1746 birthday card1797 view card1822 acceptance1837 Easter card1842 wedding-cards1847 comic1860 postcard1869 letter card1870 postal card1870 pc1876 postal1877 note-card1884 photo card1890 greeting-card1898 picture postcard1899 seaside postcard1955 sympathy card1967 1898 Weekly Budget 24 Dec. (Christmas Suppl.) 14/5 (heading) Yule-tide parcel..containing:..greeting cards, [etc.]. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 10 Dec. 12/1 The sending of the Royal greeting-cards is also a very big business. 1936 Discovery Dec. 366/2 Attractive greeting cards for Christmas use. 1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) 49/2 Greetings Cards. 1967 F. Mullally Prizewinner iv. 57 She had been behind the counter, serving a woman with greetings cards. greeting stamp n. (see quot. 1936). ΚΠ 1936 Discovery Dec. 378/2 Christmas seals, which are little greeting stamps used for sticking on the flaps of Christmas letters and on parcels. greeting telegram n. (also greetings telegram) a coloured and illustrated telegram form conveying congratulations for weddings, birthdays, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of telotype1850 cablegram1868 cable-message1877 phonogram1880 cable1883 ticking1888 aerogram1890 T.T.1893 petit bleu1898 Marconigram1902 radio-telegram1902 radiogram1903 wireless1903 news flash1904 teleflash1904 lettergram1908 day letter1910 night letter telegram1910 night telegraph letter1912 radio1915 printergram1932 teletype1933 greeting telegram1937 telemessage1941 overnight telegram1955 telex1957 1937 Rep. Proc. 14th Conf. ASLIB 76 The design of a new ‘greetings’ telegram. 1952 M. Steen Phoenix Rising ii. 51 The floor was littered with the gilt envelopes of ‘greeting’ telegrams. 1967 V. Canning Python Project vi. 110 The British Post Office..would deliver it as a greetings telegram with a border of fluffy rabbits, song birds and nosegays. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). greetingn.² Brit. /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡridɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈɡritɪŋ/ Etymology: < greet v.² + -ing suffix¹. Now only Scottish and northern dialect. The action of greet v.²; lamentation, weeping. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] wopOE reminga1200 weepingc1200 weepc1275 dolec1290 greetinga1300 greeta1325 grota1325 teara1340 tear1377 lachrymation?1530 gree?1567 waterworks1634 pipation1656 fletion1716 piping1779 ploration1828 blarting1898 a1300 Cursor Mundi 24624 For mi greting ful sare þai grett. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1451 Now es laghter and now es gretyng. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 34 Þe vale of Mambre, þat es at say þe Vale of Gretyng. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 514 Yocht I say yat yai gret sothly It wes na greting propyrly. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 428 Ane huge clamoure, mingit sum parte with skirll and greting of wiffis and barnis. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3491 What gretyng & gremþ growes vnto þe? 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 210 Griting and gnashing of teeth. attributive.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 17947 Þat þu þe suink naght..wid greting praier for to gett þe oyle þat god in hight has sett. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). greetingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡridɪŋ/ Etymology: < greet v.¹ + -ing suffix². That greets, salutes, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > greeting or saluting salutation1713 salutational1855 greeting1890 1890 Daily News 3 Oct. 3/4 The greeting cheers from all parts of the hall. Derivatives ˈgreetingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adverb] > with greetings greetingly1834 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 339 It hails the lov'd child greetingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). greetingadj.² Brit. /ˈɡriːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡridɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈɡritɪŋ/ Etymology: < greet v.² + -ing suffix². Scottish. That ‘greets’ or weeps. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] weepingc900 wopi?c1225 greetingfula1340 greetyc1350 weeplyc1374 weepfula1382 weepinglyc1440 lachrymablec1450 moistc1450 lachrymous1490 rainy1563 tearfula1586 greeting1588 collachrymate1593 crying1594 onion-eyeda1616 maudlinc1616 rheumatica1627 fluxed1628 lachrymalc1630 crystal-droppinga1650 showery1654 lugent1656 Niobean1665 lachrymary1693 lachrymose1727 moist-eyed1797 larmoyant1824 pluviose1824 ploratory1831 lachrymating1837 screwmatic1847 pipy1861 weepy1863 blarting1898 leaky1905 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 39 With greitting eyes vaiting for ws in the coaste of the heavenlie countrie. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 210 Away with him, he is a greeting devil. 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