单词 | the jolly god |
释义 | > as lemmasthe jolly god 4. Indulging in, or fond of, conviviality and social merriment; festive; jovial. the jolly god, Bacchus. jolly fellow, jolly dog, a person of convivial tastes and habits: cf. fellow n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [adjective] merrya1350 revellingc1450 jolly1484 goodfellow-like1542 good-fellowly1573 jovial1607 jovialist1610 boona1612 merrymaking1616 festive1744 convivial1754 good-fellowish1839 rig-a-dig1851 the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Bacchus Bacchus1508 the jolly god1697 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaker > [noun] > habitual fellowa1225 goodfellowa1393 Greek1536 boon companion1566 jovialist1596 Ephesian1600 Trojan1600 jolly dog1799 convivialist1810 boonfellow1876 fellow well met1885 jollier1896 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lii. 75 Them..that so moche waste their good to be Iolyf & repayre their carayn. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 332 Ye-quheyer he glaid was and ioly, And till swylk thowlesnes he ȝeid As ye cours askis off ȝowtheid. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Eiiiv To lyue lyke a Lorde and make iolye chere. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 298 He was a jolly Gentleman, both for Camp and Court, a great Reveller. 1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast iii. 3 The jolly God in Triumph comes. 1750 The Student There is another set..who assume to themselves the name of jolly fellows and ridicule every body who has the folly to be sober. 1799 Ld. Melbourne in M. Papers (1889) 5 Miller himself is a little jolly dog. 1813 L. Hunt in Examiner 14 Feb. 98/2 A Raic..we should interpret by the phrase Jolly Fellow. 1813 Sporting Mag. 41 88 A decent-looking man..who had sacrificed too freely to the jolly God. 1843 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 87 He became a viveur and jolly dog about town. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xlvii. 6 They, my jolly comrades Search the streets. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 62 Sick of clubs and jolly fellows. < as lemmas |
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