| 单词 | to tickle the fancy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tickle the fancy a. figurative. To excite amusement in; to divert; often in the phrase to tickle the fancy. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [verb (transitive)] skenta1250 solace1297 comfort1303 gamec1330 disportc1374 mirtha1400 solancea1400 playa1450 recreate1531 pastime1577 sport1577 entertain1593 to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631 divertise1651 to take the fancy of1653 divert1662 amuse1667 tickle1682 1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances Prol. There are Fools that tickle with their Face. Your gay Fool tickles with his Dress, and Motions. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 111 The young 'squire, tickled by this ironical observation, exclaimed, ‘O che burla!’ a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 129 Whose play had a quality of striking the joyous perception, or, as we vulgarly say, tickling the fancy. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott ann. 1816 (note) Such..was the story that went the round of the newspapers at the time, and highly tickled Scott's fancy. 1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 10 Poor as the joke was, it..tickled the fancy of the Tirynthians. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 69 Brilliant oratorical displays to tickle and amuse. 1885 Manch. Examiner 16 May 6/1 Lord Hartington's slow, quiet, dry answer, ‘No, sir’, somewhat tickled the House. < as lemmas |
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