merrimentn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛrᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛrᵻm(ə)nt/

Forms: 1500s merement, 1500s merimente, 1500s meryement, 1500s–1600s meriment, 1500s–1600s meryment, 1500s–1700s merryment, 1500s– merriment; Scottish pre-1700 mirriement, pre-1700 mirriment, pre-1700 1700s merryment, 1700s– merriment.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merry adj., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < merry adj. + -ment suffix.

a. Participation in amusing and enjoyable activities; fun and gaiety; exuberant enjoyment; an instance of this. Also: †a festivity (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun]

dreamOE

man-dreamOE

gleea1200

galec1200

bauderyc1386

oliprancec1390

cheera1393

gaynessc1400

disportc1405

joyousitiea1450

festivitya1500

lakea1500

gaiety1573

merriment1574

jucundity1575

galliardise?1577

jouissance1579

merrymake1579

jolliment1590

mirth1591

jollyhead1596

spleen1598

jocantry16..

geniality1609

jovialty1621

jocundry1637

gaietry1650

sport1671

fun1726

galliardism1745

gig1777

merrymaking1779

hilarity1834

rollick1852

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun]

treschec1290

laetificationc1485

gossiping1557

special occasion1574

merry-meeting1597

merrymaking1618

frolic1645

merriment1663

rush1788

convivialities1830

merrymake1833

upshot1837

ball1879

spurt1885

sing-sing1899

jolly1905

rage1980

1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. O4 [My husband] made a great Feast..And being in his meriment, Thus Iested with mee.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. R ^v And in her meriments falls in love with Endymion.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 138 They do it but in mockerie merement .

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 195 We haue friends That purpose merriment .

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 186 Your flashes of meriment.

1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 20 Feasts and other merriments.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 51 [People] to crack'd Fiddle and hoarse Tabor In merriment did drudge and labour.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 199 The Merriments in the Attic Villages.

1771 T. Jefferson Let. 3 Aug. in Papers (1950) I. 78 There we should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Musick, Chess or the merriments of our family companions.

1796 Q. Craufurd Let. 30 May in Ld. Auckland Jrnl. & Corr. (1862) III. 337 Beaulieu and his exploits were subjects of merriment in the army.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 162 And, mingled with all this, there is a certain element of grim merriment.

1900 E. Thomas Let. 12 June in R. G. Thomas Edward Thomas (1985) v. 88 The Doctor has forbidden me intoxicants. All I can do is look on at the merriments of others tonight.

1903 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 498 The old harvest or ‘horkey’ suppers with their feasting and merriment..have too often been allowed to die out.

1954 ‘W. March’ Bad Seed iv. 66 Mrs Trellis began to laugh, and Mrs Marcusson joined in the merriment.

1988 A. Brookner Latecomers vii. 100 Like schoolgirls they seemed convulsed with merriment.

†b. Entertainment, amusement, sport. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]

gleea700

playeOE

gameeOE

lakec1175

skentingc1175

wil-gomenc1275

solacec1290

deduit1297

envesurec1300

playingc1300

disport1303

spilea1325

laking1340

solacingc1384

bourdc1390

mazec1390

welfarea1400

recreationc1400

solancec1400

sporta1425

sportancea1450

sportingc1475

deport1477

recreancea1500

shurting15..

ebate?1518

recreating1538

abatementc1550

pleasuring1556

comfortmenta1558

disporting1561

pastiming1574

riec1576

joyance1595

spleen1598

merriment1600

amusement1603

amusing1603

entertainment1612

spleena1616

divertisement1651

diversion1653

disportment1660

sporting of nature1666

fun1726

délassement1804

gammock1841

pleasurement1843

dallying1889

rec1922

good, clean fun1923

cracka1966

looning1966

shoppertainment1993

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 147 I see, you all are bent To set against mee, for your merriment.

†2.

a. A joke, a jest; something amusing. Also: a brief, comic, dramatic entertainment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke

gameOE

jape1377

bourda1387

mirthc1390

mowa1393

chapec1400

skauncec1440

sport?1449

popc1540

flirt1549

jest1551

merriment1576

shifta1577

facetiae1577

gig1590

pleasantry1594

lepidity1647

rallery1653

drollery1654

wit-crack1662

joco1663

pleasance1668

joke1670

jocunditya1734

quizzification1801

funniment1826

side-splitter1834

funniness1838

quizzery1841

jocularity1846

rib-tickler1855

jocosity1859

humorism1860

gag1863

gas1914

nifty1918

mirthquaker1921

rib1929

boffo1934

giggle1936

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy

comedy1523

farce1530

interlude?1553

merriment1576

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 151 Your talke replenished with pleasant meriments.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 131 When they, in deed, of merriments in Loue did there conspire.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. H2 ^v They shal not bee brought vpon the Stage for any goodnes, but in a merriment of the Usurer and the Diuel.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. E3 Beleeue me maister Doctor, this merriment hath much pleased me.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 302 He will..turne all to a meriment [1623 merryment] if you take not the heate.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 292 I kept..the Germanes from langour, cherishing them with iouiall merriments.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 20 A summer night, in green-wood spent, Were but to-morrow's merriment.

b. A humorous or scurrilous publication. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > comic or humorous

comedy1523

merriment1697

comicality1728

humoristics1886

1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris 148 Not a bit better than our Penny-Merriments, printed at London-Bridge.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 598 The rapid increase of cheap pamphlets (under the title of Merriments).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merriment
释义	merrimentn. Brit. /ˈmɛrᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈmɛrᵻm(ə)nt/ Forms: 1500s merement, 1500s merimente, 1500s meryement, 1500s–1600s meriment, 1500s–1600s meryment, 1500s–1700s merryment, 1500s– merriment; Scottish pre-1700 mirriement, pre-1700 mirriment, pre-1700 1700s merryment, 1700s– merriment. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merry adj., -ment suffix. Etymology: < merry adj. + -ment suffix. 1. a. Participation in amusing and enjoyable activities; fun and gaiety; exuberant enjoyment; an instance of this. Also: †a festivity (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] dreamOE man-dreamOE gleea1200 galec1200 bauderyc1386 oliprancec1390 cheera1393 gaynessc1400 disportc1405 joyousitiea1450 festivitya1500 lakea1500 gaiety1573 merriment1574 jucundity1575 galliardise?1577 jouissance1579 merrymake1579 jolliment1590 mirth1591 jollyhead1596 spleen1598 jocantry16.. geniality1609 jovialty1621 jocundry1637 gaietry1650 sport1671 fun1726 galliardism1745 gig1777 merrymaking1779 hilarity1834 rollick1852 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] treschec1290 laetificationc1485 gossiping1557 special occasion1574 merry-meeting1597 merrymaking1618 frolic1645 merriment1663 rush1788 convivialities1830 merrymake1833 upshot1837 ball1879 spurt1885 sing-sing1899 jolly1905 rage1980 1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. O4 [My husband] made a great Feast..And being in his meriment, Thus Iested with mee. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. R ^v And in her meriments falls in love with Endymion. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 138 They do it but in mockerie merement . View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 195 We haue friends That purpose merriment . View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 186 Your flashes of meriment. 1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 20 Feasts and other merriments. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 51 [People] to crack'd Fiddle and hoarse Tabor In merriment did drudge and labour. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 199 The Merriments in the Attic Villages. 1771 T. Jefferson Let. 3 Aug. in Papers (1950) I. 78 There we should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Musick, Chess or the merriments of our family companions. 1796 Q. Craufurd Let. 30 May in Ld. Auckland Jrnl. & Corr. (1862) III. 337 Beaulieu and his exploits were subjects of merriment in the army. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 162 And, mingled with all this, there is a certain element of grim merriment. 1900 E. Thomas Let. 12 June in R. G. Thomas Edward Thomas (1985) v. 88 The Doctor has forbidden me intoxicants. All I can do is look on at the merriments of others tonight. 1903 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 498 The old harvest or ‘horkey’ suppers with their feasting and merriment..have too often been allowed to die out. 1954 ‘W. March’ Bad Seed iv. 66 Mrs Trellis began to laugh, and Mrs Marcusson joined in the merriment. 1988 A. Brookner Latecomers vii. 100 Like schoolgirls they seemed convulsed with merriment. †b. Entertainment, amusement, sport. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] gleea700 playeOE gameeOE lakec1175 skentingc1175 wil-gomenc1275 solacec1290 deduit1297 envesurec1300 playingc1300 disport1303 spilea1325 laking1340 solacingc1384 bourdc1390 mazec1390 welfarea1400 recreationc1400 solancec1400 sporta1425 sportancea1450 sportingc1475 deport1477 recreancea1500 shurting15.. ebate?1518 recreating1538 abatementc1550 pleasuring1556 comfortmenta1558 disporting1561 pastiming1574 riec1576 joyance1595 spleen1598 merriment1600 amusement1603 amusing1603 entertainment1612 spleena1616 divertisement1651 diversion1653 disportment1660 sporting of nature1666 fun1726 délassement1804 gammock1841 pleasurement1843 dallying1889 rec1922 good, clean fun1923 cracka1966 looning1966 shoppertainment1993 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 147 I see, you all are bent To set against mee, for your merriment. †2. a. A joke, a jest; something amusing. Also: a brief, comic, dramatic entertainment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke gameOE jape1377 bourda1387 mirthc1390 mowa1393 chapec1400 skauncec1440 sport?1449 popc1540 flirt1549 jest1551 merriment1576 shifta1577 facetiae1577 gig1590 pleasantry1594 lepidity1647 rallery1653 drollery1654 wit-crack1662 joco1663 pleasance1668 joke1670 jocunditya1734 quizzification1801 funniment1826 side-splitter1834 funniness1838 quizzery1841 jocularity1846 rib-tickler1855 jocosity1859 humorism1860 gag1863 gas1914 nifty1918 mirthquaker1921 rib1929 boffo1934 giggle1936 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy comedy1523 farce1530 interlude?1553 merriment1576 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 151 Your talke replenished with pleasant meriments. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) vi. xxx. 131 When they, in deed, of merriments in Loue did there conspire. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. H2 ^v They shal not bee brought vpon the Stage for any goodnes, but in a merriment of the Usurer and the Diuel. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. E3 Beleeue me maister Doctor, this merriment hath much pleased me. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 302 He will..turne all to a meriment [1623 merryment] if you take not the heate. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 292 I kept..the Germanes from langour, cherishing them with iouiall merriments. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 20 A summer night, in green-wood spent, Were but to-morrow's merriment. b. A humorous or scurrilous publication. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > comic or humorous comedy1523 merriment1697 comicality1728 humoristics1886 1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris 148 Not a bit better than our Penny-Merriments, printed at London-Bridge. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 598 The rapid increase of cheap pamphlets (under the title of Merriments). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574
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