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Jack-o'-lanternn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.2, in prep., a adj., the adj., lantern n.; Jack n.2, with prep., a adj., the adj., lantern n.; Jack n.2, of prep., lantern n.; Jack n.2, in prep., my adj., lantern n. Etymology: In α. forms < Jack n.2 + in prep. + a adj. or the adj. + lantern n. In β. forms < Jack n.2 + with prep. + a adj. or the adj. + lantern n. In γ. forms < Jack n.2 + of prep. + lantern n.; compare a prep.2 In δ. forms shortened < the earlier form types. In ε. forms < Jack n.2 + in prep. + my adj. + lantern n. In ζ. forms shortened < ε. forms.With α. , ε. , and ζ. forms in Jacky- compare Jacky n. In Jack-and-the-lantern at α. forms showing alteration after and conj.1 1. the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > phosphorescence > will-o'-the-wisp 1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac xii. 45 I send St. Hermes fire (Jack in a lanthorn) to the marches. 1673 J. Ray 410 Those reputed Meteors..known in England by the conceited names of Jack with a Lanthorn, and Will with a Wisp. 1749 H. Fielding IV. xii. xii. 278 Partridge..firmly believed..that this Light was a Jack with a Lanthorn, or somewhat more mischievous. View more context for this quotation 1750 S. Hales 10 Plenty of inflammable sulphureous Matter in the Air, such as Ignes fatui, or Jack-a-Lanterns. 1830 6 Nov. 173/2 A Jack-a-lantern was seen on the main-top-gallant mast head, and an intelligent person was sent up to examine it. 1885 W. C. Russell II. x. 186 You have too much spirit to be alarmed by a marine jack-o'-lantern. 1905 2 Sept. 3/1 The corposant is also known as ‘St. Elmo's fire’, and ‘Jack o' Lantern’. 1931 R. A. Firor iii. 56 The jack-o'-lantern is..a sportive creature whose innate love of mischief causes him to lead travelers astray. 2001 N. Griffiths 26 Almost as proof, jack-o'-lantern shows himself in the middle of the mire, rises slowly from the sizzling marsh. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion > elusive 1775 R. B. Sheridan iii. iv I have followed Cupid's Jack-a-lantern, and find myself in a quagmire. 1839 31 July 203/3 They have brought it upon themselves, by following the jack-a-lantern of the credit system. 1870 J. R. Lowell 5 Supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian. 1886 L. M. Alcott (1891) iv. 67 Who would marry a jack-o'-lantern like me? Women like a steady-going man. 1904 27 Feb. 4/1 One of those untraceable, unlandable, unpickupable jack o' lanterns, called a rumor. 1950 Aug. 40/2 Somewhere along the road we have turned toward the Jack-a-lanterns of social security, and the reedy piping of economic equality. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 157/2 E's a reight Jack o' Lantern 'e is. Yer'll be lucky if yer c'n catch 'im afoãre 'e's gone agen yer will. 1872 27 Dec. 100/2 I allow a beam from my electric lamp to fall upon this mirror, and, as you see, the light darts off into another part of the room. That is the old Jack o'Lantern. 1901 R. O. Heslop in (1902) III. 340/2 [Northumberland] Let's myek a jack o' lattin, lads! 1940 E. G. Richardson xiv. 276 The sun shining on a cup of water produces a definite bright spot, the jack o' lantern, on the wall or ceiling of a room. the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who watches or guards at night 1663 R. Stapleton iii. 48 I am an Evening dark as Night, Jack-with-the-Lantern, bring a Light. 1698 E. Ward I. ii. 9 Each Parochial Jack of Lanthorn, was croaking about Streets the hour of Eleven. a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in (1707) II. ii. 88 Who should come by before I could get up again, but the Constable going his Rounds, who quickly made me centre of a Circle of Jack of Lanthorns. the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > lantern > made from a turnip, pumpkin, or beet 1837 N. Hawthorne 222 Hide it [sc. the great carbuncle] under thy cloak, say'st thou? Why, it will gleam through the holes, and make thee look like a jack-o'lantern! 1875 11 Dec. 226/2 A party of mischievous boys who placed a ‘jack-o'-lantern’, made from a big pumpkin, scraped very thin and furnished with a hideous physiognomy, on the fence. 1920 May 14/1 Ain't no sort o' Hallowe'en lest we got a jack-o'-lantern. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie xii. 269 As soon as it is dark on Hallowe'en they take the lighted ‘Jack-o-lanterns’ and put them on their gateposts. 1968 B. Cleary vi. 128 The morning kindergarten cut jack-o'-lanterns from orange paper. 2013 28 Sept. (Mag.) 46/2 The only pumpkins we knew were jack 'o' lanterns. Compounds1751 ‘F. Fizz-Puff’ Let. 11 June in 2 No. 9. 352 It..is..of a mere Jack-lanthorn nature, neither here nor there. 1817 S. T. Coleridge 293 The characters in this act frisk about, here, there, and everywhere, as teasingly as the Jack o'Lantern lights which mischievous boys..throw with a looking-glass on the faces of their opposite neighbours. 1835 J. P. Kennedy III. l. 207 We have some skulking bush-fighters left—some jack-o'-lantern devils, that live in the swamps and feed on frogs and water-snakes. 1908 23 Sept. 3/2 The jack-'o-lantern deception of vain glory. 1949 29 Sept. 29/3 As a philosopher he [sc. Walt Whitman] lights our way, sometimes in lightning flashes, sometimes with an intermittent, shifting, jack-o'-lantern glow that might lead us into a swamp. 1951 June 103 Then by the Jack-o'-lantern flare Beguiled, that haunts diminished days, Perverse I conjure from the air A partner in the narrow maze. C2. 1874 ‘S. May’ xv. 201 I wore it at your party, ever so many years ago, that time Johnny Eastman frightened me so with a jack-o'-lantern pumpkin. 1913 7 Nov. 8/4 During the entertainment the room was darkened and a jack-o-lantern display was given. 1961 A. Maund i. 6 Darnel's smile opened to jack-o'-lantern size. 1989 (Nexis) 31 Oct. 4 d When the Irish immigrants came to this country in the 1800s, they brought the jack-o'-lantern custom with them. 1990 (Nexis) 26 Oct. (City ed.) 1 d The best jack-o'-lantern pumpkins weigh 15 to 20 pounds. 2017 (Nexis) 12 Oct. (Final ed.) 1 The event includes live music, free pumpkins for jack-o-lantern carving, and participants are encouraged to come dressed in costumes. b. 1899 S. Crane xxviii. 319 Upon that young man's face was a broad jack-o'-lantern grin. 1948 12 May 11/1 How the heck can you take Bob's smooches seriously when he comes at you with that Jack-O-Lantern grin of his? 2015 (Nexis) 17 Jan. d1 A demonic gleam in his eye and a jack-o-lantern grin lighting up his face. 1956 25 May 42/6 Two ladies at the brassiere counter were startled to look up and encounter Kefauver's familiar Jack O'Lantern smile and his outstretched hand. 1986 F. Pohl xxv. 194 He smiled that great jack-o'-lantern smile and began to lecture. 2014 (Nexis) 23 Feb. The Marriott Center crowd rose to its feet and cheered the Cougar guard, who wore a jack-o'-lantern smile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † jack-o'-lanternv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Jack-o'-lantern n. Etymology: < Jack-o'-lantern n. Obsolete. 1891 G. Meredith I. iv. 52 His Puckish fancy jack-o'-lanterning over it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2019). <  n.1658 v.1891 |
