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单词 playful
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playfuladj.

Brit. /ˈpleɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈpleɪf(ə)l/
Forms: see play n. and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play n., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < play n. + -ful suffix.
Light-hearted; fond of fun, games, and amusement; giving or expressing pleasure or amusement; frolicsome, sportive.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adjective]
blitheOE
merryOE
golikc1175
lustya1225
playfulc1225
jollyc1305
merrya1350
jocund?c1380
galliardc1386
in (also on) a (merry, etc.) pinc1395
mirthfula1400
baudec1400
gayc1400
jovy1426
jocantc1440
crank1499
envoisiesa1500
as merry as a cricket1509
pleasant1530
frolic?1548
jolious1575
gleeful1586
buxom1590
gleesome1590
festival1592
laughter-loving1592
disposed1593
jucund1596
heartsomec1600
jovial1607
jovialist1610
laughsome1612
jocundary1618
gaysome1633
chirpinga1637
jovialissime1652
airy1654
festivous1654
hilarous1659
spleneticala1661
cocket1671
cranny1673
high1695
vogie1715
raffing?1719
festal1724
as merry (or lively) as a grig1728
hearty1755
tittuping1772
festive1774
fun-loving1776
mirthsome1787
Falstaffian1809
cranky1811
laughful1825
as lively as a cricket1832
hurrah1835
hilarious1838
Bacchic1865
laughterful1874
griggish1879
banzai1929
slap-you-on-the-back1932
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]
gamingOE
playfulc1225
gamefulc1275
gamelya1350
gamesomea1375
playable?c1475
frisky?a1500
sporting1549
sportful1577
toyish1577
toyful1580
sportive1593
gambol1600
sportly1600
sporting1607
playsome1612
jiggish1635
toysome1638
ludible1656
ludibund1668
good-humoured1682
flippant1711
lusory1711
gamp1737
kittenish1753
sportable1767
disportive1773
whisky1782
playward1878
c1225 Lofsong Lefdi (Royal) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 305 Ich..spac to uuel ant slaw to god..sum time to pleiful, to drupi oder-hwiles.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 25 (MED) In moste swete songe & playfull, rauischyd is þe mynde to synge likeyngis of lufe euerlastynge.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 19v I was neuer, either Stoick in doctrine, or Anabaptist in Religion, to mislike a merie, pleasant, and plaifull nature.
1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 26v He that in his had beares the calender of your peace, registring yeres of playful Sabboths.
1678 J. Dryden All for Love iv. 54 What Woman was it, whom you heard and saw So playful with my Friend!
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 494 He is scandalized at Youth for being lively, and at Childhood for being playful.
1798 R. Bloomfield Autumn in Farmer's Boy 340 Loud the Scream Of Geese impatient for the playful Stream.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 127 His Scorn, his Love, in playful Words he spoke.
1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. iii. 94 The playful humour which immortalised John Gilpin.
1943 M. Shulman Barefoot Boy x. 99 As she was bending over her work table.., a playful lab assistant goosed her.
1993 J. Leiber Paradoxes i. 40 Borges is playful and paradoxical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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