solacingn.
/ˈsɒləsɪŋ/ The action of the verb in various senses; †the fact of taking enjoyment or recreation.
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society > leisure > entertainment > [noun]
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good, clean fun1923
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shoppertainment1993
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > fact of taking consolation
solacingc1384
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > in printing trade
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xiv. 3 He..spekith to men, to edificacioun,..and comfortynge, or solasynge.
a1400 K. Alis. (W.) 6746 Now rideth Alisaunder,..with muche syngyng, In gret delit and solasyng.
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxiv. f. 49 In this solasyng he hunted the harte.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xviii. 43 Adew,..My mirth and sollesing Of erdly gloir.
1631 N. Hunt (title) New Recreations, or The Mindes release and solacing.
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 357 The manner of Solacing, thus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
solacingadj.
Conveying solace; consoling.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief
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1721 R. Keith tr. Thomas à Kempis Soliloquy of Soul x, in tr. Thomas à Kempis Select Pieces II. 179 The solacing Joy of the Spirit.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. vii. 372 For wrath is contagious, and to pent Bodyguards is so solacing.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. i. v. §32. 115 The beliefs..were highly solacing ones.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 6/3 Miss Fowler received these solacing remarks with quiet serenity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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