单词 | jaunce |
释义 | † jauncen. Obsolete exc. dialect. = jaunt n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > painful or unpleasant jaunt1597 jaunce1599 schlep1962 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iv. 26 Fie how my bones ake: what a iaunce [1597 and 1623 iaunt] have I? View more context for this quotation 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. Jaunce, a weary journey. ‘I doant justly know how far it is to Hellingly, but you'll have a middlin' jaunce before you get there.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). jauncev. Obsolete or archaic. a. transitive. ? To make (a horse) prance up and down. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > cause to prance prance1530 jaunt1570 jaunce1597 curvetc1600 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. v. 94 Spurrde, galld, and tirde by iauncing Bullingbrooke. b. intransitive. ? To prance as a horse. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > caper leapc900 playOE floxec1200 startlec1300 trancec1374 prancec1380 tripc1386 scoupa1400 prankc1450 gambol1508 frisk?1520 jeta1529 pract1568 trounce1568 trip1578 capriole1580 lavolta1590 linch1593 curvet1595 flisk1595 firk1596 caper1598 jaunce1599 risec1599 cabre1600 jaunt1605 skit1611 to cut a caper or capersa1616 tripudiate1623 insult1652 to fike and flinga1689 scamper1691 dance1712 pranklea1717 cavort1794 jinket1823 gambado1827 caracol1861 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iv. 52 Beshrewe your heart for sending me about To catch my death with iaunsing [1623 iaunting] vp and downe. View more context for this quotation Derivatives ˈjauncing adj. ? prancing. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > leaping or prancing gambolling1538 curvetting1598 caprioling1628 leaping1667 jauncing1792 1792 S. Henley tr. Tibullus in Ess. New Ed. ElegiesTibullus 29 Behold Him sit, in conscious state, the jauncing steed. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 97 Just so wend we, now canter, now converse, Till, 'mid the jauncing pride and jaunty port, Something of a sudden jerks at somebody. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1599v.1597 |
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