pastancen.

Brit.

/ˈpɑːstɑːns/,

/ˈpastans/, U.S.

/pɑsˈtɑns/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s pastaunce, 1500s pastauns, 1500s 1800s– pastance; Scottish pre-1700 pastence, pre-1700 pastens, pre-1700 1900s– pastance.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French passetemps.

Etymology: Probably < Middle French passetemps passe-temps n. (compare the variant passetans (1585)), with alteration after nouns ending in -ance suffix: see note below. Compare earlier pastime n.The alteration may be for the purpose of rhyme; compare e.g. quots. a1500, c1525, and a1529. With the Older Scots forms pastence , pastens perhaps compare also tence , tens , variants of tense n.

Now archaic and historical.

Recreation; = pastime n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment

mirtha1250

solacec1290

recreationc1400

esbatement1477

pastime1490

pastancea1500

passe-temps1542

entertainment1561

relief?1578

fancy1590

sport1598

abridgement1600

entertain1601

recreative1615

amusatory1618

nutsa1625

diverter1628

recreator1629

passatempo1632

amuser1724

fun1726

dissipation1733

resource1752

distraction1859

enlivening1859

good, clean fun1867

enlivenment1883

light relief1885

laugh1921

not one's scene1962

violon d'Ingres1963

a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 138 (MED) O Mestres, whye Owtecaste am I all vtterly from your pleasaunce? Sythe ye & I or thys, truly, famyliarly haue had pastaunce.

c1525 King Henry VIII Pastance vitht Gude Companye i For my pastance, hunt, syng, & daunce, my hart is sett!

a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. D.ii To heue in remembraunce Her goodly dalyaunce And her goodly pastaunce.

1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana i. i They have no kind of pastaunce, which you thinke not to exceede.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II. xii. iii. 298 His [sc. King Henry VIII] fine ballad, ‘Pastance with good company’, rank[s] among the better known.

1906 Outlook 7 Apr. 471/2 During the dog-days..the grouse, the pheasant, and the fox are..withdrawn by the needs of Nature from their altruistic task of providing pastance for the gentlemen of England.

1943 L. Durrell Fangbrand in Coll. Poems: 1931–1974 (1985) 93 This place he made pastance For the platonic ass.

1946 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 15 652/1 Who should know..better than our generation, that the world of pastance is the world of mocking death?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pastance
释义	pastancen. Brit. /ˈpɑːstɑːns/, /ˈpastans/, U.S. /pɑsˈtɑns/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s pastaunce, 1500s pastauns, 1500s 1800s– pastance; Scottish pre-1700 pastence, pre-1700 pastens, pre-1700 1900s– pastance. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French passetemps. Etymology: Probably < Middle French passetemps passe-temps n. (compare the variant passetans (1585)), with alteration after nouns ending in -ance suffix: see note below. Compare earlier pastime n.The alteration may be for the purpose of rhyme; compare e.g. quots. a1500, c1525, and a1529. With the Older Scots forms pastence , pastens perhaps compare also tence , tens , variants of tense n. Now archaic and historical. Recreation; = pastime n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment mirtha1250 solacec1290 recreationc1400 esbatement1477 pastime1490 pastancea1500 passe-temps1542 entertainment1561 relief?1578 fancy1590 sport1598 abridgement1600 entertain1601 recreative1615 amusatory1618 nutsa1625 diverter1628 recreator1629 passatempo1632 amuser1724 fun1726 dissipation1733 resource1752 distraction1859 enlivening1859 good, clean fun1867 enlivenment1883 light relief1885 laugh1921 not one's scene1962 violon d'Ingres1963 a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 138 (MED) O Mestres, whye Owtecaste am I all vtterly from your pleasaunce? Sythe ye & I or thys, truly, famyliarly haue had pastaunce. c1525 King Henry VIII Pastance vitht Gude Companye i For my pastance, hunt, syng, & daunce, my hart is sett! a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. D.ii To heue in remembraunce Her goodly dalyaunce And her goodly pastaunce. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana i. i They have no kind of pastaunce, which you thinke not to exceede. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II. xii. iii. 298 His [sc. King Henry VIII] fine ballad, ‘Pastance with good company’, rank[s] among the better known. 1906 Outlook 7 Apr. 471/2 During the dog-days..the grouse, the pheasant, and the fox are..withdrawn by the needs of Nature from their altruistic task of providing pastance for the gentlemen of England. 1943 L. Durrell Fangbrand in Coll. Poems: 1931–1974 (1985) 93 This place he made pastance For the platonic ass. 1946 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 15 652/1 Who should know..better than our generation, that the world of pastance is the world of mocking death? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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