springtimen.

Brit.

/ˈsprɪŋtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm/

Forms: see spring n.¹ and time n., int., and conj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring n.¹, time n.

Etymology: < spring n.¹ + time n. Compare earlier springing time n.

1. The season of spring (see spring n.¹ 17a). Cf. spring tide n. 1a.Cf. spring n.¹ 17a for varying conceptions of the time and duration of the season.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring

LenteneOE

LentlOE

warea1300

verec1325

vera1382

vere-time1382

springing timea1387

springinga1398

springa1400

prime tempsa1425

the spring of the year1481

grass1485

springtime1495

prime time1503

sap-time?1523

spring tide1530

(the) spring of the leaf1538

prime1541

prime tide1549

voar1629

vernal season1644

vernal1654

outcome1672

Lent term1691

blossom-time1713

open water1759

rabi1783

budding-timea1807

ware-time1820

growing season1845

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) iii. xxiv. sig. eii/1 In the sprynge tyme the colde is temperat..& in herueste also.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vernus, freshe, as the spring time.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxvij^v In the begynning of the spryng tyme.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 121 This towne is so durtie in the spring-time, that it would irke a man to walke the streetes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 769 As Bees In spring time..Poure forth thir populous youth about the Hive In clusters.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 218. ⁋9 I look upon the whole Country in Spring-time as a spacious Garden.

a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 121 It is the custom..to hough the land in the spring-time.

1855 Poultry Chron. 3 422 This [illness in bees] appears most frequently in the spring time.

1882 Harper's Mag. July 294/1 Softly foliaged woods all in the tender green of the spring-time.

1933 Torreya 33 57 This unique wilderness tree..is leafless except for a few weeks in early Spring-time.

1985 J. Wimber & K. Springer Power Evangelism App. B 174 It was towards springtime, and lakes and river were clogged with ice.

2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 June t6 Springtime in Paris is celebrated as legendarily lovely.

a. A period comparable to spring, esp. in being fresh, new, or full of vigour; the first stage or period of something. Chiefly with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning

beginning1297

primec1300

firstc1330

primity1546

prime tide1549

springtime1579

morning1595

vaward1599

noviceship1610

fore-enda1616

vernalitya1639

the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring > a season resembling

spring tide1537

springtime1579

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 6 The communialitie of the holy ones in the loue..creepe in corners..euen as did the Anabaptistes in the first spryng tyme of their heresie.

1638 H. Peacham Truth of our Times 168 After the spring-time of her beauty, and your amorous desire is over, you begin to loath her.

1672 J. Sergeant Reason against Raillery iv. 50 In my younger years and spring time of my life.

a1764 R. Lloyd Song in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 36 The spring-time of love then employ.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 71 In vain they push'd inquiry to the birth And spring-time of the world.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vi. 137 With all its faults and shortcomings, it was the spring-time of their national existence.

1897 A. Jessopp Donne ii. 44 Notes..addressed to the great lady in the gay and happy springtime of her married life.

1937 Greece & Rome 6 69 These sculptures belong to a human spring-time.

1963 G. Battiscombe John Keble (1964) viii. 158 A feeling of joy and growth and rising sap was abroad in that spring-time of the Oxford Movement.

2013 Manawatu (N.Z.) Standard (Nexis) 21 Nov. 2 The growing warmth and collaboration between the two Christian leaders..signalled a new spring time for the churches.

b. The period of life when a person is young; youth. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun]

youthc897

youngheada1300

youngthc1330

juvent1377

juventy1377

first youtha1387

youthheada1400

joyfnesc1400

junessec1430

young daysa1464

juventudec1470

younga1475

youngness?1505

flower?1507

juventute1541

prime tide1549

spring1553

April1583

springtime1583

nonage1584

prime1584

flowering youth1586

primrose1590

greenc1595

dancing-days1599

primrose-time1606

leaping timea1616

salad daysa1616

minority1632

juvenency1656

coltagec1720

youdith1723

veal-bones1785

whelphood1847

colthood1865

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 18 Deliberate with thy selfe, to which of these three thou meanest to dedicate the springing tide of thy springe time.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. iii. 47 I..now melt with wo, That Winter should cut off our Spring-time so.

1681 R. Baxter Poet. Fragm. 10 Much of that guilt thy Mercy did prevent, In which my spring-time I should else have spent.

1853 T. N. Talfourd Castilian i. i. 5 In this season, which renews their spring-time.

1871 S. B. James Duty & Doctr. (ed. 3) 65 So ill-advised and melancholy as to grudge springtime its rounded cheek and supple limb.

1949 G. Highet Classical Trad. xix. 420 Now, when Keats was cut off in his springtime, Shelley took the beautiful old form to make a threnody for him.

2005 S. Tufford Journey vi. 39 The attractive girl, who in her springtime had danced gracefully on the arm of many promising young men.

Compounds

General attributive (chiefly in sense 1), as springtime day, springtime sun, springtime weather, etc.In quot. 1561 with reference to the constellation Taurus.

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1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens iv. sig. J7 Of spryng tyme bull he wyll Bothe seeke, and breake the neckes at once.

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. A*.iiii My yeares be great I wyl be gone, for spryngtyme nyghts be colde.

1603 A. Munday tr. F. Citois True Hist. Mayden of Confolens f. 16^v Frogs..are reuiued againe at the comming of the Spring-time waters.

1669 tr. O. Croll Treat. Signatures Internal Things 36 in tr. O. Croll Bazilica Chymica (1670) The benefit of the Spring-time-Sun.

1795 A. B. Cristall Poet. Sketches 147 Spring-time walks, which flowers perfum'd.

1838 E. B. Barrett Lett. to M. R. Mitford (1983) I. 6 Overleaning them this springtime day.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xliv. 329 The old lady..was hailed with a chorus of ‘Cuckoo!’ by the multitude, one half of which ran after the coach..shouting forth the spring-time call.

1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field xlviii. 280 It was during the spring-time empire of water, that the Great Lakes stood at the high levels described.

1903 E. W. Champney Romance Bourbon Châteaux viii. 336 The girl will speedily outgrow her springtime beauty.

1935 Jewish Q. Rev. 26 1 It has been demonstrated that tennis owes its origin to ancient Egyptian spring-time rites.

2016 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 May 5 Spain's Costa del Sol is suffering some of its worst springtime weather in years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	springtime
释义	springtimen. Brit. /ˈsprɪŋtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈsprɪŋˌtaɪm/ Forms: see spring n.¹ and time n., int., and conj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring n.¹, time n. Etymology: < spring n.¹ + time n. Compare earlier springing time n. 1. The season of spring (see spring n.¹ 17a). Cf. spring tide n. 1a.Cf. spring n.¹ 17a for varying conceptions of the time and duration of the season. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring LenteneOE LentlOE warea1300 verec1325 vera1382 vere-time1382 springing timea1387 springinga1398 springa1400 prime tempsa1425 the spring of the year1481 grass1485 springtime1495 prime time1503 sap-time?1523 spring tide1530 (the) spring of the leaf1538 prime1541 prime tide1549 voar1629 vernal season1644 vernal1654 outcome1672 Lent term1691 blossom-time1713 open water1759 rabi1783 budding-timea1807 ware-time1820 growing season1845 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) iii. xxiv. sig. eii/1 In the sprynge tyme the colde is temperat..& in herueste also. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vernus, freshe, as the spring time. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxvij^v In the begynning of the spryng tyme. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 121 This towne is so durtie in the spring-time, that it would irke a man to walke the streetes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 769 As Bees In spring time..Poure forth thir populous youth about the Hive In clusters. View more context for this quotation 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 218. ⁋9 I look upon the whole Country in Spring-time as a spacious Garden. a1746 E. Holdsworth Remarks & Diss. Virgil (1768) 121 It is the custom..to hough the land in the spring-time. 1855 Poultry Chron. 3 422 This [illness in bees] appears most frequently in the spring time. 1882 Harper's Mag. July 294/1 Softly foliaged woods all in the tender green of the spring-time. 1933 Torreya 33 57 This unique wilderness tree..is leafless except for a few weeks in early Spring-time. 1985 J. Wimber & K. Springer Power Evangelism App. B 174 It was towards springtime, and lakes and river were clogged with ice. 2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 June t6 Springtime in Paris is celebrated as legendarily lovely. 2. a. A period comparable to spring, esp. in being fresh, new, or full of vigour; the first stage or period of something. Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > the first part or beginning beginning1297 primec1300 firstc1330 primity1546 prime tide1549 springtime1579 morning1595 vaward1599 noviceship1610 fore-enda1616 vernalitya1639 the world > time > period > year > season > [noun] > spring > a season resembling spring tide1537 springtime1579 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 6 The communialitie of the holy ones in the loue..creepe in corners..euen as did the Anabaptistes in the first spryng tyme of their heresie. 1638 H. Peacham Truth of our Times 168 After the spring-time of her beauty, and your amorous desire is over, you begin to loath her. 1672 J. Sergeant Reason against Raillery iv. 50 In my younger years and spring time of my life. a1764 R. Lloyd Song in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 36 The spring-time of love then employ. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 71 In vain they push'd inquiry to the birth And spring-time of the world. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vi. 137 With all its faults and shortcomings, it was the spring-time of their national existence. 1897 A. Jessopp Donne ii. 44 Notes..addressed to the great lady in the gay and happy springtime of her married life. 1937 Greece & Rome 6 69 These sculptures belong to a human spring-time. 1963 G. Battiscombe John Keble (1964) viii. 158 A feeling of joy and growth and rising sap was abroad in that spring-time of the Oxford Movement. 2013 Manawatu (N.Z.) Standard (Nexis) 21 Nov. 2 The growing warmth and collaboration between the two Christian leaders..signalled a new spring time for the churches. b. The period of life when a person is young; youth. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [noun] youthc897 youngheada1300 youngthc1330 juvent1377 juventy1377 first youtha1387 youthheada1400 joyfnesc1400 junessec1430 young daysa1464 juventudec1470 younga1475 youngness?1505 flower?1507 juventute1541 prime tide1549 spring1553 April1583 springtime1583 nonage1584 prime1584 flowering youth1586 primrose1590 greenc1595 dancing-days1599 primrose-time1606 leaping timea1616 salad daysa1616 minority1632 juvenency1656 coltagec1720 youdith1723 veal-bones1785 whelphood1847 colthood1865 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) 18 Deliberate with thy selfe, to which of these three thou meanest to dedicate the springing tide of thy springe time. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. iii. 47 I..now melt with wo, That Winter should cut off our Spring-time so. View more context for this quotation 1681 R. Baxter Poet. Fragm. 10 Much of that guilt thy Mercy did prevent, In which my spring-time I should else have spent. 1853 T. N. Talfourd Castilian i. i. 5 In this season, which renews their spring-time. 1871 S. B. James Duty & Doctr. (ed. 3) 65 So ill-advised and melancholy as to grudge springtime its rounded cheek and supple limb. 1949 G. Highet Classical Trad. xix. 420 Now, when Keats was cut off in his springtime, Shelley took the beautiful old form to make a threnody for him. 2005 S. Tufford Journey vi. 39 The attractive girl, who in her springtime had danced gracefully on the arm of many promising young men. Compounds General attributive (chiefly in sense 1), as springtime day, springtime sun, springtime weather, etc.In quot. 1561 with reference to the constellation Taurus. ΚΠ 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens iv. sig. J7 Of spryng tyme bull he wyll Bothe seeke, and breake the neckes at once. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. A.iiii My yeares be great I wyl be gone, for spryngtyme nyghts be colde. 1603 A. Munday tr. F. Citois True Hist. Mayden of Confolens* f. 16^v Frogs..are reuiued againe at the comming of the Spring-time waters. 1669 tr. O. Croll Treat. Signatures Internal Things 36 in tr. O. Croll Bazilica Chymica (1670) The benefit of the Spring-time-Sun. 1795 A. B. Cristall Poet. Sketches 147 Spring-time walks, which flowers perfum'd. 1838 E. B. Barrett Lett. to M. R. Mitford (1983) I. 6 Overleaning them this springtime day. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xliv. 329 The old lady..was hailed with a chorus of ‘Cuckoo!’ by the multitude, one half of which ran after the coach..shouting forth the spring-time call. 1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field xlviii. 280 It was during the spring-time empire of water, that the Great Lakes stood at the high levels described. 1903 E. W. Champney Romance Bourbon Châteaux viii. 336 The girl will speedily outgrow her springtime beauty. 1935 Jewish Q. Rev. 26 1 It has been demonstrated that tennis owes its origin to ancient Egyptian spring-time rites. 2016 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 May 5 Spain's Costa del Sol is suffering some of its worst springtime weather in years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1495
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