† oliprancen.

Forms: Middle English olipraunce, Middle English olypraunce, Middle English orpraunce, Middle English orypranns, Middle English oryprauns, 1500s oliprance (Scottish), 1500s olyprance (Scottish); English regional (Northamptonshire). 1700s–1800s olyprance.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French orprance.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < Anglo-Norman orprance vanity, ostentation (late 13th cent. in the passage translated in quot. a1400¹; also as oriprance ), of uncertain origin: perhaps related to Old French oripel copper or brass with the appearance of gold (early 13th cent.; French oripeau ); or perhaps < an unattested Old English compound formed < or- prefix + Old English prass pomp, proud array.The variant molly-prance is recorded by A. E. Baker Gloss. Northamptonshire Words (1854) II. 27.

English regional (Northamptonshire) in later use. Obsolete.

In early use: pomp, ostentation, pride, vanity. In later use: merrymaking, jollity; an instance of this.

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

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun]

boast1297

strut1303

bombancec1325

bobantc1330

bobancec1380

ambitionc1384

oliprancec1390

pretence?a1439

ostentationa1475

pransawtea1500

bravity1546

finesse1549

bravery1573

overlashing1579

brave1596

peacockry1596

garishness1598

maggot ostentation1598

ostent1609

flaunta1625

spectability1637

vantation1637

fastuousness1649

fastuosity1656

finery1656

parade1656

phantastry1656

ostentatiousness1658

éclat1704

pretension1706

braw1724

swell1724

showiness1730

ostensibility1775

fanfaronade1784

display1816

showing off1822

glimmer1827

tigerism1836

peacockery1844

show-off1846

flare1847

peacockism1854

swank1854

tigerishness1869

flashness1888

flamboyance1891

peacockishness1892

flamboyancy1896

swankiness1920

plushness1949

glitziness1982

fantasia-

fantastication-

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic

oliprancec1390

ragerya1393

vague1523

rex1566

friskin1570

gambol1573

reak1573

prank1576

vagary1588

whirligig1589

caper1592

prinkum-prankum1596

firk1611

frolica1635

carryings-on1663

ramp1696

romp1713

freak1724

scheme1758

rig1782

lark1811

escapade1814

gammock1819

gambade1821

enfantillage1827

game1828

shines1830

rollick1834

rusty1835

high jinksa1845

escapado1849

shenanigan1855

rum-tum1876

panta1901

gas1914

c1390 in Englische Studien (1877) 1 42 Ffor leuere me were, to be dede, þen þus schomeliche my lyf lede, wiþoute welye and orpraunce.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4578 Pryde..Of ryche atyre ys here auaunce, Prykyng here hors with olypraunce [Fr. Lur orprance mustre al oyl].

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4692 (MED) Hem were leuer here of a daunce, Of bost, and of olypraunce, Þan any gode of God of heuene [Fr. De pechier dunent enchesun, Seur seiez, li fol bricun].

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1349 In pryde and olipraunce his empyre he haldes.

a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 178 Than þai to the taverne hous with meikle oly-prance.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 552 Sone efter this with mekle oliprance Ane greit ambaxat send wes out of France.

a1783 T. Percy in J. Pinkerton Select Sc. Ballads (1783) II. 168 Oly-prance, is a word still used by the vulgar in Northamptonshire, for rude rustic jollity. Olyprancing doings are strange, disorderly, inordinate sportings formerly used in Pilgrimages.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Oly-prance, oly-prancing doings, rude, boisterous merriment, a romping-match, Northamptonsh.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 76 When a party of young people go out gipsying or gathering violets, and..have had a day of great enjoyment, they will return home, and say ‘We've had a nice oly prance.’

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

单词	oliprance
释义	† oliprancen. Forms: Middle English olipraunce, Middle English olypraunce, Middle English orpraunce, Middle English orypranns, Middle English oryprauns, 1500s oliprance (Scottish), 1500s olyprance (Scottish); English regional (Northamptonshire). 1700s–1800s olyprance. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French orprance. Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < Anglo-Norman orprance vanity, ostentation (late 13th cent. in the passage translated in quot. a1400¹; also as oriprance ), of uncertain origin: perhaps related to Old French oripel copper or brass with the appearance of gold (early 13th cent.; French oripeau ); or perhaps < an unattested Old English compound formed < or- prefix + Old English prass pomp, proud array.The variant molly-prance is recorded by A. E. Baker Gloss. Northamptonshire Words (1854) II. 27. English regional (Northamptonshire) in later use. Obsolete. In early use: pomp, ostentation, pride, vanity. In later use: merrymaking, jollity; an instance of this. 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 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] boast1297 strut1303 bombancec1325 bobantc1330 bobancec1380 ambitionc1384 oliprancec1390 pretence?a1439 ostentationa1475 pransawtea1500 bravity1546 finesse1549 bravery1573 overlashing1579 brave1596 peacockry1596 garishness1598 maggot ostentation1598 ostent1609 flaunta1625 spectability1637 vantation1637 fastuousness1649 fastuosity1656 finery1656 parade1656 phantastry1656 ostentatiousness1658 éclat1704 pretension1706 braw1724 swell1724 showiness1730 ostensibility1775 fanfaronade1784 display1816 showing off1822 glimmer1827 tigerism1836 peacockery1844 show-off1846 flare1847 peacockism1854 swank1854 tigerishness1869 flashness1888 flamboyance1891 peacockishness1892 flamboyancy1896 swankiness1920 plushness1949 glitziness1982 fantasia- fantastication- society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic oliprancec1390 ragerya1393 vague1523 rex1566 friskin1570 gambol1573 reak1573 prank1576 vagary1588 whirligig1589 caper1592 prinkum-prankum1596 firk1611 frolica1635 carryings-on1663 ramp1696 romp1713 freak1724 scheme1758 rig1782 lark1811 escapade1814 gammock1819 gambade1821 enfantillage1827 game1828 shines1830 rollick1834 rusty1835 high jinksa1845 escapado1849 shenanigan1855 rum-tum1876 panta1901 gas1914 c1390 in Englische Studien (1877) 1 42 Ffor leuere me were, to be dede, þen þus schomeliche my lyf lede, wiþoute welye and orpraunce. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4578 Pryde..Of ryche atyre ys here auaunce, Prykyng here hors with olypraunce [Fr. Lur orprance mustre al oyl]. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4692 (MED) Hem were leuer here of a daunce, Of bost, and of olypraunce, Þan any gode of God of heuene [Fr. De pechier dunent enchesun, Seur seiez, li fol bricun]. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1349 In pryde and olipraunce his empyre he haldes. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 178 Than þai to the taverne hous with meikle oly-prance. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 552 Sone efter this with mekle oliprance Ane greit ambaxat send wes out of France. a1783 T. Percy in J. Pinkerton Select Sc. Ballads (1783) II. 168 Oly-prance, is a word still used by the vulgar in Northamptonshire, for rude rustic jollity. Olyprancing doings are strange, disorderly, inordinate sportings formerly used in Pilgrimages. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Oly-prance, oly-prancing doings, rude, boisterous merriment, a romping-match, Northamptonsh. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 76 When a party of young people go out gipsying or gathering violets, and..have had a day of great enjoyment, they will return home, and say ‘We've had a nice oly prance.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1390
随便看	to send or set a wool-gathering to send or set a woolgathering to send or set wool-gathering to send or set woolgathering to send out to send over to send owls to athens to send packing to send prisoners to the plantations to send round to send the axe after the helve to send the mitten to send to coventry to send to dorse to send to grass to send to graze to send to hell across lots to send to hell in a handbasket to send to parliament to send to pot to send to press to send to school, college to send to table to send to the bottom of the harbour to send to the devil