solitairen.

/ˈsɒlɪtɛː/

/sɒlɪˈtɛː/

Etymology: < French solitaire, < Latin sōlitārius solitary n., solitary adj.

1. A person who lives in seclusion, solitude, or retirement; a recluse.

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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > person

anchorite?1614

solitarian1655

retirer1678

solitaire1716

recluse1751

solitarya1763

hermit1799

troglodyte1854

umbratile1888

cop-out1969

1716 A. Pope Corr. 18 Aug. (1956) I. 354 One Evening of your Conversation has spoild me for a Solitaire.

1764 H. Walpole Corr. (1891) IV. 296 You see I am likely to totter into a solitaire at three-score.

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl III. i. 10 The graceful solitaire there, was already acquainted with the misfortune.

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xi. 163 Oh! you're here! Mr. Grey, acting the Solitaire in the park.

1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 140 There I could dwell a studious solitaire.

2. A precious stone, usually a diamond, set by itself. Also elliptical, a solitaire ring.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > group set in pattern > single gem set alone

solitaire1722

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring

kine-ringc1225

pontificala1500

hoop-ring1545

death's head1577

ring of remembrance1659

serjeant's ring1690

garter-ring1709

bath-ring1771

solitaire1832

regard ring1853

key ring1856

bodylet1870

portrait ring1877

tower-ring1877

whistle-ring1877

marquise1885

princess-ring1886

dinner ring1890

cluster ring1897

eternity ring1939

1722 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 71 To give me the solitaires, which are at last arrived.

1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 69 Many an aigrette and solitaire have I sold, to discharge a lady's play-debt.

1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. xvi. 247 This diamond solitaire that's..upon my finger.

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6181 Shirt studs, sleeve links, clasps, solitaires.

1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. Foreword p. vii I saw the evening star hanging like a solitaire from the pure front of the western firmament.

attributive.1835 F. Marryat Japhet in Metrop. Mag. Aug. 346 A diamond solitaire ring, which I had intended to have left with my other bijouterie.1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 98 The ring..was a splendid solitaire diamond.

3. A game which can be played by one person: (a) one of various kinds of card games; (b) a game played on a board with marbles or pegs, which have to be removed by jumping as in draughts.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > patience or solitaire > [noun]

solitaire1746

solitary1798

patience1822

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > solitaire

solitaire1746

solitary1798

1746 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 165 Has Miss Harriet found out any more ways at solitaire?

1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 209 As the amusement of a minister of state,..a more suitable one might be found than a game at solitaire.

1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 556 It is, in fact, a sort of solitaire for each player in turn.

1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library viii. 95 Like the boards on which people play the game of solitaire.

attributive.1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 17/2 I am moreover told that in the same second-hand calling were boards known as ‘solitaire-boards’.1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 118/2 A ball belonging to a solitaire-board.

4. A loose neck-tie of black silk or broad ribbon worn by men in the 18th century.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > neck-tie > types of > other

tawdry lace1548

tawdryne1586

tawdry1612

solitaire1731

sentiment1838

four-in-hand1892

Teck1895

Windsor1895

Windsor tie1895

shoestring tiea1902

Jemima1920

bolo tie1954

picture tie1957

bolo1962

kipper tie1966

1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 321 We have brought home the French Coifure, the Robe de Chambre of the Women, and Toupé and Solitaire of the Men.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 256 The beau, almost throttled in a large solitaire,..was thought to appear most charming.

1805 W. Cooke Mem. S. Foote II. 6 He exhibited a full dress suit, bag wig and solitaire, sword, muff, rings, &c.

c1838 T. Hook Sayings & Doings (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 15 A gentleman dressed in a peach-coloured velvet coat, with..a solitaire round his neck.

1882 E. Gosse Life Gray 28 He ties a vast solitaire around his neck.]

5. Ornithology.

a. A large flightless bird ( Pezophaps solitarius) formerly existing in the island of Rodriguez. Cf. solitary n. 3.

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the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous

night-raveneOE

cold-finch1676

crane1678

diver1694

solitary1708

wheat-bird1747

yellow-bill1775

Chinese thrush1781

whidah thrush1781

tomtit1789

solitaire1797

year-bird1798

softbill1830

swift-shrike1841

scissor bird1843

seed finch1862

sea-flyer1869

stalker1872

seven sisters1873

dicky bird1879

baboon bird1883

1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 20/1 The solitaire, or solitary dodo, is a large bird.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 578 The Solitaire is another exterminated bird of the same island.

1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 892 Perhaps no species has had its osteology examined on so great a scale as the Solitaire.

b. A Jamaican bird ( Myiodectes solitarius).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous

bough thrush1669

rock thrush1781

locust eater1790

kick-up1847

solitaire1847

mountain thrush1848

scrub-robin1848

thrush-tit1889

akalat1902

1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 205 As far as I know, the food of the Solitaire is exclusively berries.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 18 The lengthened flute-like notes..of the solitaire.

6. A solitary beast of chase.

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the world > animals > animals hunted > [noun] > solitary

solitaire1900

1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam iii. 96 Sportsmen following up a wounded solitaire [sc. a gaur] have occasionally been killed.

7. attributive. Intended for one person only.

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1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 May 4/1 A variety of painted tea sets and solitaire breakfast sets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† solitairesolitareadj.

Forms: α. Middle English solitare (Middle English sola-); ScottishMiddle English–1600s solitare (1500s sole-), 1500s solitar, soliter(e, solyter. β. Middle English, 1600s solitaire, Middle English solytayr, 1500s solitair.

Etymology: < Old French (also modern French) solitaire or < Latin sōlitārius : see solitary adj.

Obsolete.

Solitary, in various senses.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adjective]

oneeOE

onlepyOE

onlyOE

alonec1175

single1340

soleinc1381

solitaire1382

singularc1384

solec1400

oddc1480

alonelya1513

uncompanieda1547

a-high-lone1565

bird-alone1572

self-one1602

insociate1606

unmated1615

lonesome1647

solo1727

uncompanioned1809

unfellowed1887

Pat Malone1937

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adjective] > occurring only once

unrenewable1548

irreiterable1582

unmultipliable1629

solitaire1647

irreproducible1868

irrenewable1888

one-shot1907

once-only1960

once-off1965

α.

1382 J. Wyclif Psalms ci. 8 I..am maad as a spare solitare in the rof.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 444 When þai hafe bene awhile in solatare place be þer ane.

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 99 in Poems (1981) 135 Quhen he saw this lady solitar.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. viii. 49 Numa frequentit oft tymes in þis wod, solitare and but ony cumpany.

1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 956 in Wks. (1931) I Quhow lang, traist ȝe, those ladyis sall remane So solyter, in sic perfectioun?

c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas i. in Wks. (1898) I. 796 How coms't thir costs thow solitare dost range?

β. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. VI. 109 An holy man þat was solitaire.c1450 Knt. de La Tour 124 She made a chaumbre solitaire for this holy man.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 192/2 He no thynge desyred so moche as for to accomplysshe commaundementes solytayrs.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 7 He vas neiuyr les solitair as quhen he aperit to be solitair.1569 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 39 He to be solitair, the nobill men..being for the maist part absent.1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. 93 Ne further may my wary mind assent From one single experience solitaire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	solitaire
释义	solitairen. /ˈsɒlɪtɛː//sɒlɪˈtɛː/ Etymology: < French solitaire, < Latin sōlitārius solitary n., solitary adj. 1. A person who lives in seclusion, solitude, or retirement; a recluse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > person anchorite?1614 solitarian1655 retirer1678 solitaire1716 recluse1751 solitarya1763 hermit1799 troglodyte1854 umbratile1888 cop-out1969 1716 A. Pope Corr. 18 Aug. (1956) I. 354 One Evening of your Conversation has spoild me for a Solitaire. 1764 H. Walpole Corr. (1891) IV. 296 You see I am likely to totter into a solitaire at three-score. 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl III. i. 10 The graceful solitaire there, was already acquainted with the misfortune. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. xi. 163 Oh! you're here! Mr. Grey, acting the Solitaire in the park. 1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 140 There I could dwell a studious solitaire. 2. A precious stone, usually a diamond, set by itself. Also elliptical, a solitaire ring. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [noun] > group set in pattern > single gem set alone solitaire1722 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > ring > [noun] > other types of ring kine-ringc1225 pontificala1500 hoop-ring1545 death's head1577 ring of remembrance1659 serjeant's ring1690 garter-ring1709 bath-ring1771 solitaire1832 regard ring1853 key ring1856 bodylet1870 portrait ring1877 tower-ring1877 whistle-ring1877 marquise1885 princess-ring1886 dinner ring1890 cluster ring1897 eternity ring1939 1722 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 71 To give me the solitaires, which are at last arrived. 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 69 Many an aigrette and solitaire have I sold, to discharge a lady's play-debt. 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. xvi. 247 This diamond solitaire that's..upon my finger. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6181 Shirt studs, sleeve links, clasps, solitaires. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. I. Foreword p. vii I saw the evening star hanging like a solitaire from the pure front of the western firmament. attributive.1835 F. Marryat Japhet in Metrop. Mag. Aug. 346 A diamond solitaire ring, which I had intended to have left with my other bijouterie.1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 98 The ring..was a splendid solitaire diamond. 3. A game which can be played by one person: (a) one of various kinds of card games; (b) a game played on a board with marbles or pegs, which have to be removed by jumping as in draughts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > patience or solitaire > [noun] solitaire1746 solitary1798 patience1822 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > solitaire solitaire1746 solitary1798 1746 H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 165 Has Miss Harriet found out any more ways at solitaire? 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward 209 As the amusement of a minister of state,..a more suitable one might be found than a game at solitaire. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 556 It is, in fact, a sort of solitaire for each player in turn. 1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library viii. 95 Like the boards on which people play the game of solitaire. attributive.1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 17/2 I am moreover told that in the same second-hand calling were boards known as ‘solitaire-boards’.1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 118/2 A ball belonging to a solitaire-board. 4. A loose neck-tie of black silk or broad ribbon worn by men in the 18th century. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > neck-tie > types of > other tawdry lace1548 tawdryne1586 tawdry1612 solitaire1731 sentiment1838 four-in-hand1892 Teck1895 Windsor1895 Windsor tie1895 shoestring tiea1902 Jemima1920 bolo tie1954 picture tie1957 bolo1962 kipper tie1966 1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 321 We have brought home the French Coifure, the Robe de Chambre of the Women, and Toupé and Solitaire of the Men. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 256 The beau, almost throttled in a large solitaire,..was thought to appear most charming. 1805 W. Cooke Mem. S. Foote II. 6 He exhibited a full dress suit, bag wig and solitaire, sword, muff, rings, &c. c1838 T. Hook Sayings & Doings (rev. ed.) 2nd Ser. 15 A gentleman dressed in a peach-coloured velvet coat, with..a solitaire round his neck. 1882 E. Gosse Life Gray 28 He ties a vast solitaire around his neck.] 5. Ornithology. a. A large flightless bird ( Pezophaps solitarius) formerly existing in the island of Rodriguez. Cf. solitary n. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > miscellaneous night-raveneOE cold-finch1676 crane1678 diver1694 solitary1708 wheat-bird1747 yellow-bill1775 Chinese thrush1781 whidah thrush1781 tomtit1789 solitaire1797 year-bird1798 softbill1830 swift-shrike1841 scissor bird1843 seed finch1862 sea-flyer1869 stalker1872 seven sisters1873 dicky bird1879 baboon bird1883 1797 Encycl. Brit. VI. 20/1 The solitaire, or solitary dodo, is a large bird. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 578 The Solitaire is another exterminated bird of the same island. 1896 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. IV 892 Perhaps no species has had its osteology examined on so great a scale as the Solitaire. b. A Jamaican bird ( Myiodectes solitarius). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous bough thrush1669 rock thrush1781 locust eater1790 kick-up1847 solitaire1847 mountain thrush1848 scrub-robin1848 thrush-tit1889 akalat1902 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 205 As far as I know, the food of the Solitaire is exclusively berries. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 18 The lengthened flute-like notes..of the solitaire. 6. A solitary beast of chase. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals hunted > [noun] > solitary solitaire1900 1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam iii. 96 Sportsmen following up a wounded solitaire [sc. a gaur] have occasionally been killed. 7. attributive. Intended for one person only. ΚΠ 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 May 4/1 A variety of painted tea sets and solitaire breakfast sets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † solitairesolitareadj. Forms: α. Middle English solitare (Middle English sola-); ScottishMiddle English–1600s solitare (1500s sole-), 1500s solitar, soliter(e, solyter. β. Middle English, 1600s solitaire, Middle English solytayr, 1500s solitair. Etymology: < Old French (also modern French) solitaire or < Latin sōlitārius : see solitary adj. Obsolete. Solitary, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adjective] oneeOE onlepyOE onlyOE alonec1175 single1340 soleinc1381 solitaire1382 singularc1384 solec1400 oddc1480 alonelya1513 uncompanieda1547 a-high-lone1565 bird-alone1572 self-one1602 insociate1606 unmated1615 lonesome1647 solo1727 uncompanioned1809 unfellowed1887 Pat Malone1937 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adjective] > occurring only once unrenewable1548 irreiterable1582 unmultipliable1629 solitaire1647 irreproducible1868 irrenewable1888 one-shot1907 once-only1960 once-off1965 α. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms ci. 8 I..am maad as a spare solitare in the rof. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 444 When þai hafe bene awhile in solatare place be þer ane. a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 99 in Poems (1981) 135 Quhen he saw this lady solitar. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. viii. 49 Numa frequentit oft tymes in þis wod, solitare and but ony cumpany. 1559 D. Lindsay Test. Papyngo l. 956 in Wks. (1931) I Quhow lang, traist ȝe, those ladyis sall remane So solyter, in sic perfectioun? c1614 W. Mure tr. Virgil Dido & Æneas i. in Wks. (1898) I. 796 How coms't thir costs thow solitare dost range? β. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. VI. 109 An holy man þat was solitaire.c1450 Knt. de La Tour 124 She made a chaumbre solitaire for this holy man.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 192/2 He no thynge desyred so moche as for to accomplysshe commaundementes solytayrs.c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) Prol. 7 He vas neiuyr les solitair as quhen he aperit to be solitair.1569 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 39 He to be solitair, the nobill men..being for the maist part absent.1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. 93 Ne further may my wary mind assent From one single experience solitaire. 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