单词 | rompishness |
释义 | rompishnessn. Rompish quality or condition; playfulness; boisterousness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicsomeness rompishness1711 frolicsomeness1727 espièglerie1816 prankfulness1830 prankishness1838 rollickingness1860 rollicksomeness1861 pranksomeness1876 larkishnessa1893 larkiness1896 puckishness1900 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 187. ⁋3 She would..run into some other unaccountable Rompishness. 1748 ‘J. Wildair’ Lett. to Young Gentlemen of Present Age iii. 88 It is needless that this relaxation should be carried so far, as to banish thought and knowledge entirely, and to introduce in its place, a senseless inactivity and childish rompishness. 1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 220 Calculated to develope playful rompishness into boldness. 1888 J. W. Bates Blind Lead xxvii. 220 Several times Ada broke out with her natural rompishness, but he caught her hand in his and looked down into her eyes. 1919 Evening Courier & Reporter (Waterloo, Iowa) 11 Apr. 4/3 Like the savage the young child likes to be dirty: it will not harm him, or prejudice his sense of cleanliness, to indulge in his carefree rompishness. 1962 Educ. Theatre Jrnl. 14 255/1 The style of production had a tricksy rompishness in the John Fletcher play. 2007 B. A. Kaplan Unwanted Beauty p. xii Our children..bring so much happiness, silliness, and plain rompishness into our lives that they have changed my perspective on everything. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711 |
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