单词 | mirthsomeness |
释义 | mirthsomenessn. Now rare. = mirthfulness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [noun] > quality or condition of being merry merrinesseOE jollitya1350 jollinessc1386 jocundityc1420 festivity1583 buxomness1598 joviality1626 mirthsomenessa1645 jocosity1646 allegresse1652 jovialness1658 mirthfulness1749 festiveness1777 zizz1920 gleefulness1934 a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iv. 122 Coming up to him with the mirthsomeness [Fr. gayeté] of a man that brings good newes. You have no more enemies, said he. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 420 Archimedes..when hee found the resolution of the..question, which transported him into such an hilarious fit of mirthsomness. 1888 tr. H. Murger Bohemians of Latin Quarter xx. 269 This name cast into Rodolphe's mirthsomeness [Fr. gaieté], suddenly gave another turn to the conversation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1645 |
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