Olympic Gamesn.

Brit.

/əˌlɪmpɪk ˈɡeɪmz/, U.S.

/əˌlɪmpɪk ˈɡeɪmz/,

/oʊˌlɪmpɪk ˈɡeɪmz/

Forms: see Olympic adj.² and n. and game n. Also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Olympic adj.², game n.

Etymology: < Olympic adj.² + the plural of game n., after Middle French ieux olympiques, plural (1504–5; French Jeux Olympiques ). Compare classical Latin Olympicum certāmen , ancient Greek ὁ Ὀλυμπικός ἀγών . Compare earlier Olympian Games n.

I. In plural form.

a. Ancient Greek History. A competitive sporting and athletic festival held in honour of Zeus on the plain of Olympia in Elis, southern Greece, usually at four- or five-yearly intervals; = Olympian Games n. 1.The Olympic Games were first held in c776 b.c., and were abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in a.d. 394. The Games, which were open to male competitors only, featured a variety of sporting events, including running, wrestling, and javelin-throwing. The festival also included contests in music and literature.

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society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > specific ancient Greek

Nemean games1559

Panathenaea1578

Pythian games1579

Olympian Gamesa1586

Olympic Games1597

Isthmian games1603

Pythic games1603

Panathenaics1678

Nemean festival1844

society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific

Olympiada1456

Nemean games1559

Panathenaea1578

Pythian games1579

Olympian Gamesa1586

Olympic Games1597

Isthmian games1603

Pythic games1603

Capitoline games1609

Olympics1621

Panathenaics1678

Nemean festival1844

1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux xci. 15 That Prince, mee thought, was finely shapt, vpright, Such as was Marops at th' Olympick games.

1656 A. Cowley Pindaric Odes (1687) 20 The Conquerours in the Olympique Games were..crowned with a Garland of Wild-Olive.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶3 I have look'd over all the Olympick Games, and do not find any thing in them like an Ass Race.

1828 J. K. Paulding New Mirror for Travellers 209 It was read at the Olympic games, and the author crowned with bays, and considered on a footing with the victors in the chariot races, and in boxing matches.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 105 The boy David..looks like a beautiful runner at the Olympic games.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 709/1 The athlete held in highest honour at the Olympic Games..was the winner of the pentathlon.

1952 Amer. Hist. Rev. 58 82 The early Spartans were a culture-loving people, who welcomed poets and musicians into their midst, made beautiful pottery, and sent athletes to the Olympic Games.

1999 National Geographic Dec. (Greeks Suppl.) 1/3 Gripped with a passion for athleticism, the Greeks held the Olympic Games every four years to honor Zeus.

b. An international competitive sports festival, usually held at four-yearly intervals in different countries and venues. In extended use: any competitive sports festival.The modern Olympic Games, inspired by the ancient festival, was founded by Baron de Coubertin and others in 1896. Male and female competitors represent their country in a diverse range of contests in individual and team events at which they compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals.Cf. Summer Olympic Games n. at summer n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3, Winter Olympic Games n. at winter n.¹ Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle

gamea1387

sports1535

Olympic Games1636

gymkhana1861

meet1893

sportfest1919

summer games1928

sportsfest1953

Commonwealth Games1954

motorkhana1954

1636 M. Walbancke (title) Annalia Dubrensia. Vpon the yeerely celebration of Mr. Robert Douers Olimpick games vpon Cotswold-hills.

1894 San Francisco Chron. 9 Dec. 1 The Olympic games of 1904 will be held in the United States.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 8/3 There is now some confusion with regard to the International Olympic games.

1936 Field 24 Oct. 1015/2 In recent years there has been considerable interest shown in the training and dressage of hacks..as witnessed in the complicated dressage test held at the recent Olympic Games.

1958 Times 6 Nov. 14/4 Events new to the Olympic Games are the biathlon,..and a speed skating contest for women.

1991 Sports Illustr. 18 Mar. 8/2 Jack McCallum's basketball dream team for the 1992 Olympic Games is 80% correct.

II. In singular form. rare.

2. = sense 1a, 1b.

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1604 W. Herbert Prophesie of Cadwallader l. 501 Cease Argos now, to shew th' Olimpicke game, Let silence cloude or maske those golden dayes.

1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums iv. 41 Battus. But where is Ægon... Corydon. What, han't you heard it..? Milo enticed him to th' Olympic Game.

1987 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 15 459 Owens..attended many an Olympic game as goodwill ambassador.

3. An event or contest held at the (ancient or modern) Olympic Games. Chiefly in extended use (frequently humorous): an activity engaged in competitively or to an excessive degree.

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1656 New Almanack 8 That antient Olympick game called scale pins, in memorie of nine of those gallant lads.

1788 S. Low Politician Out-witted iv. i. 41 Such a fight, alias a tilt, a tournament, a wrestle,..was ipso facto a game, an Olympic game.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xii. 113 The Olympic game of lounging up and down had been cut shorter than usual that day.

1869 W. J. Courthope Ludibrae Lunae iii. 74 Amaryllis and her friends..proposed a kind of Olympic game of kissing.

1877 A. Dobson Proverbs in Porcelain 10 These earthly Tours Were mostly Matters of Amours. And woe to him whose luckless Flame Impeded that Olympic Game.

1879 J. R. Planché High, Low, Jack & Game vii. 139 ‘Playing Cards’... Our new Olympic Game, thus safe from ill, We'll draw for partners and have one quadrille.

1971 Yale French Stud. 46 127 The act of love is made into a kind of Olympic game, which adds a ritual touch to the procedure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olympic games
释义	Olympic Gamesn. Brit. /əˌlɪmpɪk ˈɡeɪmz/, U.S. /əˌlɪmpɪk ˈɡeɪmz/, /oʊˌlɪmpɪk ˈɡeɪmz/ Forms: see Olympic adj.² and n. and game n. Also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Olympic adj.², game n. Etymology: < Olympic adj.² + the plural of game n., after Middle French ieux olympiques, plural (1504–5; French Jeux Olympiques ). Compare classical Latin Olympicum certāmen , ancient Greek ὁ Ὀλυμπικός ἀγών . Compare earlier Olympian Games n. I. In plural form. 1. a. Ancient Greek History. A competitive sporting and athletic festival held in honour of Zeus on the plain of Olympia in Elis, southern Greece, usually at four- or five-yearly intervals; = Olympian Games n. 1.The Olympic Games were first held in c776 b.c., and were abolished by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in a.d. 394. The Games, which were open to male competitors only, featured a variety of sporting events, including running, wrestling, and javelin-throwing. The festival also included contests in music and literature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > celebratory games > specific ancient Greek Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle > in ancient world > specific Olympiada1456 Nemean games1559 Panathenaea1578 Pythian games1579 Olympian Gamesa1586 Olympic Games1597 Isthmian games1603 Pythic games1603 Capitoline games1609 Olympics1621 Panathenaics1678 Nemean festival1844 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux xci. 15 That Prince, mee thought, was finely shapt, vpright, Such as was Marops at th' Olympick games. 1656 A. Cowley Pindaric Odes (1687) 20 The Conquerours in the Olympique Games were..crowned with a Garland of Wild-Olive. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 173. ¶3 I have look'd over all the Olympick Games, and do not find any thing in them like an Ass Race. 1828 J. K. Paulding New Mirror for Travellers 209 It was read at the Olympic games, and the author crowned with bays, and considered on a footing with the victors in the chariot races, and in boxing matches. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson iii. 105 The boy David..looks like a beautiful runner at the Olympic games. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 709/1 The athlete held in highest honour at the Olympic Games..was the winner of the pentathlon. 1952 Amer. Hist. Rev. 58 82 The early Spartans were a culture-loving people, who welcomed poets and musicians into their midst, made beautiful pottery, and sent athletes to the Olympic Games. 1999 National Geographic Dec. (Greeks Suppl.) 1/3 Gripped with a passion for athleticism, the Greeks held the Olympic Games every four years to honor Zeus. b. An international competitive sports festival, usually held at four-yearly intervals in different countries and venues. In extended use: any competitive sports festival.The modern Olympic Games, inspired by the ancient festival, was founded by Baron de Coubertin and others in 1896. Male and female competitors represent their country in a diverse range of contests in individual and team events at which they compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals.Cf. Summer Olympic Games n. at summer n.¹ and adj. Compounds 3, Winter Olympic Games n. at winter n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > series of, as public spectacle gamea1387 sports1535 Olympic Games1636 gymkhana1861 meet1893 sportfest1919 summer games1928 sportsfest1953 Commonwealth Games1954 motorkhana1954 1636 M. Walbancke (title) Annalia Dubrensia. Vpon the yeerely celebration of Mr. Robert Douers Olimpick games vpon Cotswold-hills. 1894 San Francisco Chron. 9 Dec. 1 The Olympic games of 1904 will be held in the United States. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 8/3 There is now some confusion with regard to the International Olympic games. 1936 Field 24 Oct. 1015/2 In recent years there has been considerable interest shown in the training and dressage of hacks..as witnessed in the complicated dressage test held at the recent Olympic Games. 1958 Times 6 Nov. 14/4 Events new to the Olympic Games are the biathlon,..and a speed skating contest for women. 1991 Sports Illustr. 18 Mar. 8/2 Jack McCallum's basketball dream team for the 1992 Olympic Games is 80% correct. II. In singular form. rare. 2. = sense 1a, 1b. ΚΠ 1604 W. Herbert Prophesie of Cadwallader l. 501 Cease Argos now, to shew th' Olimpicke game, Let silence cloude or maske those golden dayes. 1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums iv. 41 Battus. But where is Ægon... Corydon. What, han't you heard it..? Milo enticed him to th' Olympic Game. 1987 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 15 459 Owens..attended many an Olympic game as goodwill ambassador. 3. An event or contest held at the (ancient or modern) Olympic Games. Chiefly in extended use (frequently humorous): an activity engaged in competitively or to an excessive degree. ΚΠ 1656 New Almanack 8 That antient Olympick game called scale pins, in memorie of nine of those gallant lads. 1788 S. Low Politician Out-witted iv. i. 41 Such a fight, alias a tilt, a tournament, a wrestle,..was ipso facto a game, an Olympic game. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xii. 113 The Olympic game of lounging up and down had been cut shorter than usual that day. 1869 W. J. Courthope Ludibrae Lunae iii. 74 Amaryllis and her friends..proposed a kind of Olympic game of kissing. 1877 A. Dobson Proverbs in Porcelain 10 These earthly Tours Were mostly Matters of Amours. And woe to him whose luckless Flame Impeded that Olympic Game. 1879 J. R. Planché High, Low, Jack & Game vii. 139 ‘Playing Cards’... Our new Olympic Game, thus safe from ill, We'll draw for partners and have one quadrille. 1971 Yale French Stud. 46 127 The act of love is made into a kind of Olympic game, which adds a ritual touch to the procedure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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