单词 | to make mirth |
释义 | > as lemmasto make mirth (also mirths) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] mirthOE gladdingc1000 man-dreamOE gleea1200 joyingc1300 rejoyingc1350 gloryingc1384 joya1400 mirthinga1400 rejoicingc1400 exultationc1425 rejoice1445 joyousitiea1450 solation1483 festivitya1500 rejoicement1523 jubilee1526 joyance1590 insolence1595 exiliency1618 exilience1626 exultancy1632 ovation1649 exultance1650 exulting1744 jubilance1864 jubilancy1894 society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun] mirthOE joyc1275 jollitya1300 joy-makingc1330 good fellowship?c1430 wine and womena1450 junketing1555 merrymake1579 gaiety1612 jovialty1621 joviality1626 mirth-making1638 jovialness1658 jollitry?c1685 goodfellowhood1716 merrymaking1779 conviviality1791 jollification1818 making-merry1823 carnivalizing1841 skite1869 Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885 balling1942 OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iv. 101 Ic wæs þin gamen & þin gladung & þin hleahtor & þin myrhð. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 574 (MED) Here mete & al merthe sche missed in a while. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 102 Maii Whan every brid..thenkth his merthes forto make. a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) 1569 (MED) Murthe is gret in halle. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. ii. sig. aij And so in alle haste they were maryed in a mornynge with grete myrthe and joye. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 237 Thou hass mair causs myrthis till ma, For thou the ded eschapit swa. c1550 J. Lumley tr. Euripides Iphigenia (1909) 570 Let us..mete hir withe moche mirthe, leste she shulde be abasshed at hir comminge into a strange countrye. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M4v Their exceeding merth may not be told. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 10 Be large in mirth, anon wee'l drinke a Measure The Table round. View more context for this quotation 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 35 Death was before their Eyes, and every Body began to think of their Graves, not of Mirth and Diversions. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. ix. 200 Life without mirth is a lamp without oil. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 238 The genial festival of Christmas, which..lights up the fireside of home with mirth and jollity. < as lemmas |
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