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单词 toysome
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toysomeadj.

Brit. /ˈtɔɪs(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtɔɪsəm/
Forms: see toy n. and -some suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: toy n., -some suffix1.
Etymology: < toy n. + -some suffix1. Compare earlier toyful adj., toying adj., toyish adj., toyous adj.
Somewhat rare after 18th cent.
Given to or characterized by playfulness; light-hearted, frivolous; (also) †foolish, nonsensical (obsolete). Also: affording amusement or entertainment. Cf. the more common toyish adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > playfulness > [adjective]
gamingOE
playfulc1225
gamefulc1275
gamelya1350
gamesomea1375
playable?c1475
frisky?a1500
sporting1549
sportful1577
toyish1577
toyful1580
sportive1593
gambol1600
sportly1600
sporting1607
playsome1612
jiggish1635
toysome1638
ludible1656
ludibund1668
good-humoured1682
flippant1711
lusory1711
gamp1737
kittenish1753
sportable1767
disportive1773
whisky1782
playward1878
the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adjective] > amorously sportive
toying1549
toyish1563
toyous1592
sportive1595
toysome1638
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical
startfulmood?a1300
wildc1350
volage?a1366
gerfulc1374
geryc1386
wild-headeda1400
skittishc1412
gerish1430
shittle1440
shittle-witted1448
runningc1449
volageous1487
glaikit1488
fantasious1490
giggish1523
tickle or light of the sear?1530
fantastical1531
wayward1531
wantona1538
peevish1539
light-headed1549
humoral1573
unstaid1579
shittle-headed1580
toy-headed1581
fangled1587
humorous1589
choiceful1591
toyish1598
tricksy1598
skip-brain1603
capricious1605
humoursome1607
planetary1607
vertiginous1609
whimsieda1625
ingiddied1628
whimsy1637
toysome1638
cocklec1640
mercurial1647
garish1650
maggoty1650
kicksey-winseya1652
freakish1653
humourish1653
planetic1653
whimsical1653
shittle-braineda1655
freaking1663
maggoty-headed1667
maggot-pated1681
hoity-toity1690
maggotish1693
maggot-headeda1695
whimsy-headed1699
fantasque1701
crotchetly1702
quixotic1718
volatile1719
holloweda1734
conundrumical1743
flighty1768
fly-away1775
dizzy1780
whimmy1785
shy1787
whimming1787
quirky1789
notional1791
tricksome1815
vagarish1819
freakful1820
faddy1824
moodish1827
mawky1837
erratic1841
rockety1843
quirkish1848
maggoty-pated1850
crotchetya1854
freaksome1854
faddish1855
vagrom1882
fantasied1883
vagarisome1883
on-and-offish1888
tricksical1889
freaky1891
hobby-horsical1893
quirksome1896
temperamental1907
up and down1960
untogether1969
fanciful-
fantastic-
1638 J. Ford Fancies ii. 16 I have an excellent humor to be pettish; A little toysome.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 14 Sometimes to one of them, the care of both the flocks was left, while the other did intend some pretty knack, or Toysome play.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xliii. 273 As we sat at breakfast, two or three toysome things were said by my Lord (no ape was ever so fond!).
1860 H. E. P. Spofford Sir Rohan's Ghost vii. 166 It 's a toysome book,—better than playing at dolls always.
1939 Sunday Sun (Sydney) 19 Nov. (Women's section) 2/2 Allowing everyone to play with it as one does with a toysome kitten.
2019 @ThomasNoppers 11 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 26 May 2020) It's really toysome. You just wanna play with it.

Derivatives

toysomeness n. Obsolete rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
1697 T. Creech in tr. Manilius Five Bks. Pref. 46 There are so many boldnesses scatter'd thro' his Poem, and so much of Toysomness just by them, that a Man may read his Youth in his writings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1638
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