real tennisn.

Brit.

/ˌrɪəl ˈtɛnɪs/, U.S.

/ˌri(ə)l ˈtɛnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: real adj.², tennis n.

Etymology: < real adj.² + tennis n.The addition of real adj.² seems to have arisen from a need to distinguish this game (i.e. tennis n. 1) from the newer sport of lawn tennis (i.e. tennis n. 2; compare lawn tennis n.). Derivation < real adj.¹ is apparently a folk etymology, since that adjective appears to have been obsolete by the time the present term was coined; compare later royal tennis n. at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1.

= tennis n. 1. Cf. jeu de paume n.In North America the name court tennis is used (cf. court tennis n. at court n.¹ Compounds 2a).

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tennisc1400

real tennis1880

royal tennis1886

court tennis1911

1880 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 7 Oct. (1956) VII. 329 Johnnie gets a game of real tennis—jeu de paume—every day.

1902 E. Miles Racquets, Tennis, & Squash v. xi. 270 In Tasmania the game is called Royal Tennis; in England it is occasionally called Real Tennis; and in America it is always called Court Tennis.

1954 A. S. C. Ross in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen 55 22 The games of real tennis and piquet..are still perhaps marks of the upper class.

1975 Country Life 30 Jan. 258/1 Today tennis means to most people lawn tennis, while its..ancestor..has survived under the title ‘real tennis’... Only one public school boasts a real tennis court... Canford in Dorset.

2007 Times (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Features section) 18 Real tennis is a bit like squash..played with minute balls that have no bounce.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	real tennis
释义	real tennisn. Brit. /ˌrɪəl ˈtɛnɪs/, U.S. /ˌri(ə)l ˈtɛnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: real adj.², tennis n. Etymology: < real adj.² + tennis n.The addition of real adj.² seems to have arisen from a need to distinguish this game (i.e. tennis n. 1) from the newer sport of lawn tennis (i.e. tennis n. 2; compare lawn tennis n.). Derivation < real adj.¹ is apparently a folk etymology, since that adjective appears to have been obsolete by the time the present term was coined; compare later royal tennis n. at royal adj. and n. Compounds 1. = tennis n. 1. Cf. jeu de paume n.In North America the name court tennis is used (cf. court tennis n. at court n.¹ Compounds 2a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] tennisc1400 real tennis1880 royal tennis1886 court tennis1911 1880 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 7 Oct. (1956) VII. 329 Johnnie gets a game of real tennis—jeu de paume—every day. 1902 E. Miles Racquets, Tennis, & Squash v. xi. 270 In Tasmania the game is called Royal Tennis; in England it is occasionally called Real Tennis; and in America it is always called Court Tennis. 1954 A. S. C. Ross in Neuphilol. Mitteilungen 55 22 The games of real tennis and piquet..are still perhaps marks of the upper class. 1975 Country Life 30 Jan. 258/1 Today tennis means to most people lawn tennis, while its..ancestor..has survived under the title ‘real tennis’... Only one public school boasts a real tennis court... Canford in Dorset. 2007 Times (Nexis) 15 Sept. (Features section) 18 Real tennis is a bit like squash..played with minute balls that have no bounce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880
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