merry-andrewn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɛrɪˈandruː/, U.S.

/ˌmɛriˈændru/

Forms: 1600s merry andree, 1600s– merry-andrew, 1700s mery andrew. Occurs with varying word division, and with capitalization of the first or second element or of both.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: merry adj., proper name Andrew.

Etymology: < merry adj. + the male forename Andrew (see Andrew n.).Associated as a proper name with Bartholomew Fair, as in the following quots., probably from the performances of a particular entertainer whose persona was that of a fool, and who became the subject of at least one ballad (see quot. 1680) and perhaps a puppet show (see quot. 1668):1668 S. Pepys Diary 29 Aug. (1976) IX. 293 I..took her and Mercer and Deb to Bartholomew-fair, and there did see a ridiculous, obscene little stage-play called ‘Mary Andrey’, a foolish thing but seen by everybody.1680 (title of ballad) The unfortunate lover: or, Merry Andrew's sad and wofull lamentation for the loss of his sweetheart Joan.c1680 Descr. Bartholomew-Fair Arch Merry Andrew will rend out his voice: Though his looks are but simple, & his actions the same,..By playing the fool he does get store of Coyn.1691 R. Ames Lawyerus Bootatus & Spurratus 4 Let's..step to Fair of Bartlemew..Here Merry-Andrew with his Babble, Diverts the crouds of gaping Rabble. Claimed by Thomas Hearne (1678–1735) in preface to his edition of Benedictus Abbas (1735) to have been originally applied to Andrew Boorde (c1490–1549), English physician and author. However, there is no supporting evidence for this theory.

A. n.

a. A person who entertains people with antics and buffoonery; a clown; a mountebank's assistant.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian

jugglerc1175

foolc1300

jangler1303

fool sagec1330

ribald1340

ape-ward1362

japer1377

sage fool1377

harlotc1390

disporter?a1475

jocular?a1475

joculatora1500

jester?1518

idiot1526

scoffer1530

sporter1531

dizzardc1540

vice1552

antic1564

bauble-bearer1568

scoggin1579

buffoon1584

pleasant1595

zany1596

baladine1599

clown1600

fiddle1600

mimic1601

ape-carrier1615

mime1616

mime-man1631

merry man1648

tomfool1650

pickle-herring1656

badine1670

puddingc1675

merry-andrew1677

mimical1688

Tom Tram1688

Monaghan1689

pickled herring1711

ethologist1727

court-foola1797

Tom1817

mimer1819

fun-maker1835

funny man1839

mimester1846

comic1857

comedian1860

jokesman1882

comique1886

Joey1896

tummler1938

alternative comedian1981

Andrew-

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > professional

japer1377

sage fool1377

harlotc1390

jocular?a1475

joculatora1500

jester?1518

bauble-bearer1568

buffoon1584

merry-andrew1677

court-foola1797

fun-maker1835

funny man1839

jokesman1882

1677 W. Sherlock Answer Scandalous Pamphlet 69 As ridiculous..as it would be very gravely to confute Tom Thumb, or merry Andree, of a Town Lampoon.

1684 J. Dryden Epil. Univ. Oxf. in Misc. Poems 266 Th' Italian Merry-Andrews took their place, And quite Debauch'd the Stage with lewd Grimace.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. d1^v This is like merry Andrew on the low Rope, copying lubberly the same Tricks, which his Master is so dextrously performing on the high.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. viii. 248 He found the Master of the Puppet-show belabouring the Back and Ribs of his poor Merry-Andrew .

1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 19 July in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 167 To Zant Town like Mery Andrews on a Stage.

a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 51 The John-Canoe is a Merry-Andrew..bearing upon his head a kind of pasteboard house-boat.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro (1893) lii. 202 Listening to the jokes of the merry-andrews from the platforms in front of the temporary theatres.

1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 32/1 Nothing could be more strange than to see maskers, with the heads of camels, of apes, of devils, and merry-Andrews, kneeling thus before the passing sacrament.

1940 R. Gibbings Sweet Thames run Softly xiv. 113 They behaved with all the effrontery of merry andrews at a carnival.

1991 L. Norfolk Lemprière's Dict. (1992) 573 Mountebanks and their merry-Andrews, gambling-house captains and combination-boys ply their trades as the mob floods west through Fetter Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields.

b. In extended use: a fool, an idiot; a joker.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > buffoon

sporter1531

Owlglassc1560

scogginist1593

scurr1596

hobby-horse1600

zany1606

buffoona1610

jack pudding?c1635

Owl-spieglea1637

droll1645

buffian1655

drollist1668

droller1676

merry-andrew1694

grotesque1864

harlequin1883

1694 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 458 (note) To make your self the merry andrew of the company [you] did venter upon a person freely to expose him to scorne.

1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 488 Those who are not sought out as the Merry-Andrews of the pulpit.

1827 T. Carlyle J. P. F. Richter's Leben in Edinb. Rev. June 187 Richter is a man of mirth, but he seldom or never condescends to be a merry-andrew.

1910 H. H. Richardson Getting of Wisdom vii. 70 She grew cautious, and hesitated discreetly before returning one of those ingenuous answers, which, in the beginning, had made her the merry-andrew of the class.

1990 Twenty Twenty July 59/2 Nineteen forty-seven found him partying with the deported Lucky Luciano in Cuba, in company with merry-andrews like hit-man Albert Anastasia.

†2. In plural. Low-quality playing cards. Also Merry Andrew playing cards. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > cards of specific quality

mattress1685

merry-andrews1759

highlanders1816

Harrys or King Harrys1842

Mogul1842

paper1894

1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 4 Jan. 3/1 Lately imported from London.., common 4d cadus, merry Andrew playing cards, broad and narrow incle and filletting tapes, [etc.].

1866 in Stationer & Fancy Trades Register 1 Sept. in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1867) 63 The different qualities of cards are distinguished as Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews.

1867 D. P. Fry Playing-card Terms in Trans. Philol. Soc. 55 Andrews, Merry Andrews, playing-cards of the fourth or lowest class or quality.

B. adj. (attributive).

That is or resembles a merry-andrew; characteristic of a merry-andrew; foolish.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian

mimic1598

mimical1603

merry-andrew1678

mimy1683

fool-like1829

1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy v. i. 90 I am made a John A-Nokes of, Jack-hold-my-staff, a Merry Andrew Doctor to give Leander time to marry your Daughter.

1689 Answer to Two Papers 25 So..Reverend a Prelate..whom he stiles, in a sort of a Merry-Andrew-Vein, Church of England Apostle and Captain of her Life-Guard.

1798 D. Rivers Lit. Mem. Living Authors I. 119 The jokes and merriment of this merry-andrew philosopher.

1816 Sporting Mag. 47 177 Scroggins made some merry-andrew tricks to save his wind.

1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 196 The merry-andrew dresses of the younger branches of the family not very distinctly marking the difference of their sexes.

1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xlix. 422 A poor fellow who went about the country in the merry-Andrew line.

1909 Daily Chron. 25 Sept. 7/4 I confess that affair with the merry-andrew chap upset me a bit.

Derivatives

merry-ˈandrewism n. rare buffoonery, clownishness.

ΚΠ

1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 37 Nothing is more distasteful..than the undiscriminating Merryandrewism of an ingrained vulgarian.

merry-ˈandrewize v. rare (intransitive) = merryandrew v.

ΚΠ

1860 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange viii, in Fraser's Mag. May 617 Arch-quacks have taken to merry-andrewising in a new arena.

† merry-Andrew-like adv. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 17 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) Turn it [sc. thy wig] inside out, And wear it, Merry Andrew like, about.

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

单词	merry-andrew
释义	merry-andrewn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɛrɪˈandruː/, U.S. /ˌmɛriˈændru/ Forms: 1600s merry andree, 1600s– merry-andrew, 1700s mery andrew. Occurs with varying word division, and with capitalization of the first or second element or of both. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: merry adj., proper name Andrew. Etymology: < merry adj. + the male forename Andrew (see Andrew n.).Associated as a proper name with Bartholomew Fair, as in the following quots., probably from the performances of a particular entertainer whose persona was that of a fool, and who became the subject of at least one ballad (see quot. 1680) and perhaps a puppet show (see quot. 1668):1668 S. Pepys Diary 29 Aug. (1976) IX. 293 I..took her and Mercer and Deb to Bartholomew-fair, and there did see a ridiculous, obscene little stage-play called ‘Mary Andrey’, a foolish thing but seen by everybody.1680 (title of ballad) The unfortunate lover: or, Merry Andrew's sad and wofull lamentation for the loss of his sweetheart Joan.c1680 Descr. Bartholomew-Fair Arch Merry Andrew will rend out his voice: Though his looks are but simple, & his actions the same,..By playing the fool he does get store of Coyn.1691 R. Ames Lawyerus Bootatus & Spurratus 4 Let's..step to Fair of Bartlemew..Here Merry-Andrew with his Babble, Diverts the crouds of gaping Rabble. Claimed by Thomas Hearne (1678–1735) in preface to his edition of Benedictus Abbas (1735) to have been originally applied to Andrew Boorde (c1490–1549), English physician and author. However, there is no supporting evidence for this theory. A. n. 1. a. A person who entertains people with antics and buffoonery; a clown; a mountebank's assistant. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian jugglerc1175 foolc1300 jangler1303 fool sagec1330 ribald1340 ape-ward1362 japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 disporter?a1475 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 idiot1526 scoffer1530 sporter1531 dizzardc1540 vice1552 antic1564 bauble-bearer1568 scoggin1579 buffoon1584 pleasant1595 zany1596 baladine1599 clown1600 fiddle1600 mimic1601 ape-carrier1615 mime1616 mime-man1631 merry man1648 tomfool1650 pickle-herring1656 badine1670 puddingc1675 merry-andrew1677 mimical1688 Tom Tram1688 Monaghan1689 pickled herring1711 ethologist1727 court-foola1797 Tom1817 mimer1819 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 mimester1846 comic1857 comedian1860 jokesman1882 comique1886 Joey1896 tummler1938 alternative comedian1981 Andrew- the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > professional japer1377 sage fool1377 harlotc1390 jocular?a1475 joculatora1500 jester?1518 bauble-bearer1568 buffoon1584 merry-andrew1677 court-foola1797 fun-maker1835 funny man1839 jokesman1882 1677 W. Sherlock Answer Scandalous Pamphlet 69 As ridiculous..as it would be very gravely to confute Tom Thumb, or merry Andree, of a Town Lampoon. 1684 J. Dryden Epil. Univ. Oxf. in Misc. Poems 266 Th' Italian Merry-Andrews took their place, And quite Debauch'd the Stage with lewd Grimace. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Æneis in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. d1^v This is like merry Andrew on the low Rope, copying lubberly the same Tricks, which his Master is so dextrously performing on the high. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. viii. 248 He found the Master of the Puppet-show belabouring the Back and Ribs of his poor Merry-Andrew . View more context for this quotation 1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 19 July in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 167 To Zant Town like Mery Andrews on a Stage. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 51 The John-Canoe is a Merry-Andrew..bearing upon his head a kind of pasteboard house-boat. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro (1893) lii. 202 Listening to the jokes of the merry-andrews from the platforms in front of the temporary theatres. 1881 Cent. Mag. Nov. 32/1 Nothing could be more strange than to see maskers, with the heads of camels, of apes, of devils, and merry-Andrews, kneeling thus before the passing sacrament. 1940 R. Gibbings Sweet Thames run Softly xiv. 113 They behaved with all the effrontery of merry andrews at a carnival. 1991 L. Norfolk Lemprière's Dict. (1992) 573 Mountebanks and their merry-Andrews, gambling-house captains and combination-boys ply their trades as the mob floods west through Fetter Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields. b. In extended use: a fool, an idiot; a joker. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > buffoon sporter1531 Owlglassc1560 scogginist1593 scurr1596 hobby-horse1600 zany1606 buffoona1610 jack pudding?c1635 Owl-spieglea1637 droll1645 buffian1655 drollist1668 droller1676 merry-andrew1694 grotesque1864 harlequin1883 1694 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 458 (note) To make your self the merry andrew of the company [you] did venter upon a person freely to expose him to scorne. 1772 T. Nugent tr. J. F. de Isla Hist. Friar Gerund I. 488 Those who are not sought out as the Merry-Andrews of the pulpit. 1827 T. Carlyle J. P. F. Richter's Leben in Edinb. Rev. June 187 Richter is a man of mirth, but he seldom or never condescends to be a merry-andrew. 1910 H. H. Richardson Getting of Wisdom vii. 70 She grew cautious, and hesitated discreetly before returning one of those ingenuous answers, which, in the beginning, had made her the merry-andrew of the class. 1990 Twenty Twenty July 59/2 Nineteen forty-seven found him partying with the deported Lucky Luciano in Cuba, in company with merry-andrews like hit-man Albert Anastasia. †2. In plural. Low-quality playing cards. Also Merry Andrew playing cards. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > cards of specific quality mattress1685 merry-andrews1759 highlanders1816 Harrys or King Harrys1842 Mogul1842 paper1894 1759 Pennsylvania Gaz. 4 Jan. 3/1 Lately imported from London.., common 4d cadus, merry Andrew playing cards, broad and narrow incle and filletting tapes, [etc.]. 1866 in Stationer & Fancy Trades Register 1 Sept. in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1867) 63 The different qualities of cards are distinguished as Moguls, Harrys, Highlanders, and Merry Andrews. 1867 D. P. Fry Playing-card Terms in Trans. Philol. Soc. 55 Andrews, Merry Andrews, playing-cards of the fourth or lowest class or quality. B. adj. (attributive). That is or resembles a merry-andrew; characteristic of a merry-andrew; foolish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [adjective] > jester or comedian mimic1598 mimical1603 merry-andrew1678 mimy1683 fool-like1829 1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy v. i. 90 I am made a John A-Nokes of, Jack-hold-my-staff, a Merry Andrew Doctor to give Leander time to marry your Daughter. 1689 Answer to Two Papers 25 So..Reverend a Prelate..whom he stiles, in a sort of a Merry-Andrew-Vein, Church of England Apostle and Captain of her Life-Guard. 1798 D. Rivers Lit. Mem. Living Authors I. 119 The jokes and merriment of this merry-andrew philosopher. 1816 Sporting Mag. 47 177 Scroggins made some merry-andrew tricks to save his wind. 1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. I. 196 The merry-andrew dresses of the younger branches of the family not very distinctly marking the difference of their sexes. 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xlix. 422 A poor fellow who went about the country in the merry-Andrew line. 1909 Daily Chron. 25 Sept. 7/4 I confess that affair with the merry-andrew chap upset me a bit. Derivatives merry-ˈandrewism n. rare buffoonery, clownishness. ΚΠ 1836 Fraser's Mag. 13 37 Nothing is more distasteful..than the undiscriminating Merryandrewism of an ingrained vulgarian. merry-ˈandrewize v. rare (intransitive) = merryandrew v. ΚΠ 1860 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange viii, in Fraser's Mag. May 617 Arch-quacks have taken to merry-andrewising in a new arena. † merry-Andrew-like adv. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 17 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) Turn it [sc. thy wig] inside out, And wear it, Merry Andrew like, about. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1677
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