† plightingn.¹

Forms: late Middle English plityng, 1600s plighting.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plight v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < plight v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

Pleating or wrinkling; pleats.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > fact or action of wrinkling

rivellinga1398

plighting1400

rimpling1493

wrinkling1528

wrimpling1611

shrivellinga1631

rumpling1640

rucking1831

1400 in C. Frost Early Hist. Hull (1827) App. 13 (MED) viij plityng bordes.

1618 T. Gainsford Glory Eng. i. vii. 48 Their apparell is a long coat without plighting.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 48 Contraction, by the Fire..causeth Plighting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

plightingn.²

Brit.

/ˈplʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈplaɪdɪŋ/

Forms: see plight v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plight v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < plight v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of plight v.¹; a pledge or promise. See also earlier troth-plighting n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > promising

behotingc1300

beheting1303

warranting1303

hightinga1387

hightingc1390

pollicitationc1455

plighting1555

conjuring1589

1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne facing sig. Cc This (as it were) plyghtyng of trouth, for thys marryage to come, was farther by a promyse made by God to man confyrmed and ratifyed.

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron v. vii The raine ceased not, till they had taken order for their oftner conversing, and absolute plighting of their faiths together.

1655 J. Sidnam tr. G. Bonarelli Filli di Sciro ii. i. 29 Reach each your hand to other, and let Heaven Prosper the plighting of so pure a faith, Confirm'd with hands of so much innocence.

a1685 A. Sparrow Rationale upon Bk. of Common-Prayer (1722) 39 This solemn rehearsing of our Creed, is a plighting of our Faith and Fidelity to God.

1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Affiance, is the plighting of Troth betwixt a Man and a Woman.

1783 F. Maseres Princ. Doctr. Life-annuities §ccclxvi. 449 This is done by acts of parliament renewed every year, and not by any permanent and original act of parliament that could be considered as a plighting of the national faith to the purchasers of land.

1815 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 156 They broke rings, or went through some idiotical ceremony, as is usual on such idle occasions as the plighting of a true-love troth, and Aldobrand set out on his journey.

1865 H. J. Raymond Life & Public Services Abraham Lincoln vii. 194 The express plighting of faith by each and all of the original thirteen in the Articles of Confederation,..that the Union shall be perpetual, is most conclusive.

1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 26 The moving sun-shapes on the spray,..Pink faces, plightings, moonlit May, These were the things we wished would stay; But they were going.

1965 Times 25 Nov. 14/6 After a struggle across the counter, which to all appearances could have been the amorous plighting of a troth between the charming young man and myself,..the ring remained on my finger. ‘We must try soap,’ he said.

2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. 18 And as with medieval plighting of troths, this contest is likely to be decided on a combination of raw financial strength and personal compatibility.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plighting
释义	† plightingn.¹ Forms: late Middle English plityng, 1600s plighting. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plight v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < plight v.² + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. Pleating or wrinkling; pleats. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > corrugation > [noun] > wrinkled condition > fact or action of wrinkling rivellinga1398 plighting1400 rimpling1493 wrinkling1528 wrimpling1611 shrivellinga1631 rumpling1640 rucking1831 1400 in C. Frost Early Hist. Hull (1827) App. 13 (MED) viij plityng bordes. 1618 T. Gainsford Glory Eng. i. vii. 48 Their apparell is a long coat without plighting. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 48 Contraction, by the Fire..causeth Plighting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). plightingn.² Brit. /ˈplʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplaɪdɪŋ/ Forms: see plight v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plight v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < plight v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of plight v.¹; a pledge or promise. See also earlier troth-plighting n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > promising behotingc1300 beheting1303 warranting1303 hightinga1387 hightingc1390 pollicitationc1455 plighting1555 conjuring1589 1555 E. Bonner Profitable & Necessarye Doctryne facing sig. Cc This (as it were) plyghtyng of trouth, for thys marryage to come, was farther by a promyse made by God to man confyrmed and ratifyed. 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron v. vii The raine ceased not, till they had taken order for their oftner conversing, and absolute plighting of their faiths together. 1655 J. Sidnam tr. G. Bonarelli Filli di Sciro ii. i. 29 Reach each your hand to other, and let Heaven Prosper the plighting of so pure a faith, Confirm'd with hands of so much innocence. a1685 A. Sparrow Rationale upon Bk. of Common-Prayer (1722) 39 This solemn rehearsing of our Creed, is a plighting of our Faith and Fidelity to God. 1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Affiance, is the plighting of Troth betwixt a Man and a Woman. 1783 F. Maseres Princ. Doctr. Life-annuities §ccclxvi. 449 This is done by acts of parliament renewed every year, and not by any permanent and original act of parliament that could be considered as a plighting of the national faith to the purchasers of land. 1815 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 156 They broke rings, or went through some idiotical ceremony, as is usual on such idle occasions as the plighting of a true-love troth, and Aldobrand set out on his journey. 1865 H. J. Raymond Life & Public Services Abraham Lincoln vii. 194 The express plighting of faith by each and all of the original thirteen in the Articles of Confederation,..that the Union shall be perpetual, is most conclusive. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 26 The moving sun-shapes on the spray,..Pink faces, plightings, moonlit May, These were the things we wished would stay; But they were going. 1965 Times 25 Nov. 14/6 After a struggle across the counter, which to all appearances could have been the amorous plighting of a troth between the charming young man and myself,..the ring remained on my finger. ‘We must try soap,’ he said. 2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 6 Jan. 18 And as with medieval plighting of troths, this contest is likely to be decided on a combination of raw financial strength and personal compatibility. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1400n.²1555
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