单词 | partying |
释义 | partyingn.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > partisanship or factionalism partiality1520 partaking1533 factiona1538 factiousness1572 siding1600 side-taking1626 parting1652 partying1681 party spirit1705 party1726 party feeling1796 partyism1831 partisanship1834 factionism1848 partisanism1850 factionalism1855 partisanry1889 1681 Whole Duty of Nations 37 Such kind of partyings in Religion..are like the Hetæriæ or Cabals in Civil Government. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 323 And you'll scarce now meet with a case, but..in ten minutes' time, you'll see a partying of ministers and great men. 2. The action of attending or indulging in parties; party-like celebration or entertainment.Quot. 1864 is a rare plural use of this sense. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [noun] party-going1833 partying1838 1838 T. Carlyle Coll. Lett. (1985) X. 68 Such dinnering and partying, dancing and deraying. 1864 W. Branks Meet for Heaven 279 The perishing heathen are no longer neglected in the midst of a round of unmeaning partyings and dancing and revelry. 1886 New Eng. Mag. 5 131 A type of the English lady, much given to riding, hunting, partying, dressing and dancing. 1942 Social Forces 20 456/1 A recreational pattern of fashionable, heterosexual partying and drinking developed. 1977 Daily Tel. 9 Apr. 15/6 Mrs Trudeau returned to Ottawa after a weekend of partying in Toronto with the Rolling Stones. 2002 Out Feb. 78/1 After a night of intense partying, try Amuse-Gueule, a moisturizing serum that will revitalize stressed-out skin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). partyingadj.ΚΠ 1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 5 Dec. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 230 The ephemeral éclât and fête-ing, buzzing and party-ing compliments of the well-dressed multitude. 2. Of the nature of a party. Also: that attends a party or parties, esp. frequently; that enjoys a party or parties. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [adjective] party-going1807 partying1876 1876 A. Shiels Preface 7 As oranges are for deserts, Put out of sight by malaperts, Or walnuts are demolish'd where There is a party-ing affair. 1953 W. P. McGivern Big Heat iv. 54 A woman..waiting up for a partying teenage daughter. 1991 Traveller Winter 19/2 The citizens dance in the streets with partying jazz bands. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 28 Aug. 36/4 I thought he might be kind of a partying guy... But he turns out to be more anal than I ever realized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681adj.1813 |
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