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pastimen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pass v., time n. Etymology: < pass v. + time n. In sense 1 after Middle French passe-temps passe-temps n.; compare pastance n., passe-temps n.In early modern English frequently written as two words or with hyphen. 1. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > [noun] ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) I. lf. 25v He made his passe time to haunte þe woddes & continuelli to hunte þe wild bestes in the forest wyth dame deane. 1490 (1962) xxiii. 76 Tournoynge and behourdyng are my passe tyme. a1513 H. Bradshaw (1521) i.xi. sig. d.iv The elder prynce..Vsed haukynge huntynge, for a past tyme. 1562 tr. Damiano da Odemira Ep. Ded. sig. *iiiv The same game, being a pastime without all tediousnes, malice,..gyle, or deceit. 1632 W. Lithgow iv. 363 Domesticke pastimes, as Chesse, Cards, Dice, and Tables. 1637 J. Milton 5 The Wood-nymphs deckt with daisies trim, Their merry wakes, and pastimes keepe. 1671 L. Addison 100 Wild boars are no rarity in this Diocess, which the Moors hunt and kill in a Manly Pastime. 1722 W. Sewel (1795) I. iii. 204 He could not go to bowls or any other pastime. 1771 T. Smollett I. 189 Rheumatisms, catarrhs, and consumptions are caught in these nocturnal pastimes. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. i. 3 The sports and pastimes of the inhabitants. 1886 E. Dowden I. i. 24 To surround ‘Mad Shelley’ and ‘nail’ him with a ball..was a favourite pastime. 1907 A. Stein I. 141 Dancing..is a pastime freely indulged in by Khotanese of both sexes and of all classes. 1934 E. O'Neill i. 24 Getting drunk as a pastime may have its points, but as an exclusive occupation—. 1991 Feb. 21/3 The fanzine is named after a peculiarly East Midlands pastime of blowing duck calls on the dancefloor. 2002 5 May 6/1 The idyllic pastimes of yore: sailing, horseback riding, handicrafts. society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment 1490 W. Caxton tr. xii. 43 The fayr pase-tyme that they take therat. 1548 f. xxxv [They] desyred him for his pastime after his long trauayle to come and repose in his towne of Lysle. 1572 in W. H. Stevenson (1889) IV. 139 For pastyme in beyttyng of a bulle. 1635 F. Quarles i. x. 41 Brave pastime, Readers, to consume that day, Which, without pastime, flyes too swift away! 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Comical Hash iv. xiv, in 569 Wit is such a delightfull Company, and such pleasant pastime. 1709 J. Addison No. 119. ⁋2 Huge Leviathans..take their Pastime as in an Ocean. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch (1879) I. 400/1 Learning..ought not to be considered as mere pastime and an useless fund for talk. 1842 Ld. Tennyson (new ed.) I. 155 You thought to break a country heart For pastime, ere you went to town. 1882 July 70/1 Riding behind four horses with banged tails..form a part of her pastime. 1987 (Nexis) 7 Aug. (Pasco Times section) 2 Simple-minded old people with nothing else to do for pastime but create a bad time for their neighbors. the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. ccxxvi In the whiche passetyme dyed Innumerable people in the sayd Cytie. ?1530 J. Rastell sig. *Avi In this pastyme [i.e. during this campaign] dyed Geffrey Plantagenet. 1875 W. D. Parish 85 He mustn't expect to get well all in a minute. I tell him there's no passtime for that yet. Compounds C1. 1903 16 Jan. 3/3 The reader, be he scholar or pastime-student. C2. 1552 in J. D. Marwick (1871) II. 172 Insamekle that thair is no wther place left to play interludis in..nor pastyme ground for the induellaris [etc.]. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. iii. iv. 240 The stranger of the pastime-ground was before her. 1902 22 Jan. 7/2 No sensible person in search of pastime-reading will waste time and attention upon the ponderous problem-novels. 1987 62 179/1 Many of the papers provide enjoyable pastime reading, but others require serious concentration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pastimev. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pastime n. †1. society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (intransitive)] 1523 (title page) Storyes ryght plesaunte and frutefull for all parsones for to pastyme with. 1567 J. Maplet f. 77 The Cat..vseth to pastime or play with the Mouse ere she deuoureth hir. ?1592 sig. A2v When did Perseda pastime in the streetes, But her Erastus ouer-eied her sporte? 1662 T. W. Ep. Ded. For, though I would not play my time away, I would passtime to read a well-penn'd Play. 1771 R. Colvill 6 To pastime on the smooth expanse of frost, Fam'd Scandia's lords with barb'rous pomp arrive. society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (transitive)] 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in viii. xxiv. 163 He beyng..linked with malefactors to pastime and sport the people. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin 324/1 Then must they goe to play & pastime them selues. 1593 G. Peele Prol. sig. A2v With triuiall humors to pastime the world. 1607 xi. 81 They were assembled to pastime themselves in the orchards walks and gardens. 1655 R. Davenport iii. sig. E3 I have pastim'd her, if tearing be a pastime, I have torne her almost to death. society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (transitive)] > find amusement in a1860 J. A. Alexander iv. 50 The man who pastimes Christ and His religion, who allows the Church a place among his sources of amusement..may imagine that he really respects religion. 1921 E. Hemingway 28 Apr. (2011) I. 283 Pastimed the Veronal but it don't seem to have the wallop. 1913 21 Aug. 7/7 Collins is a railroad brakeman, and pastimed with the Giants in the spring of 1910. 1949 6 Jan. 15/1 He also pastimed in pro football, basketball and baseball circuits in New York State. 1999 (Nexis) 15 Feb. 48 Last season, he pastimed with the Baltimores and boasted boffo offensive numbers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.?1473 v.1523 |
