Walpurgisn.

Brit.

/valˈpəːɡɪs/,

/valˈpʊəɡɪs/,

/vɑːlˈpəːɡɪs/,

/vɑːlˈpʊəɡɪs/, U.S.

/vɑlˈpʊrɡəs/

The name (St. Walpurga or Walburga) of an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon saint and missionary in Heidenheim, Germany, used:

a. Walpurgis night n. [translating German Walpurgisnacht] in German folklore and esp. Goethe's Faust a feast of the powers of darkness or witches' sabbath (cf. sabbath n. 3) celebrated on the Brocken, a peak in the Harz mountains, on 30 April. Also transferred, an orgiastic celebration or party.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > involving excessive drinking and licentiousness

orgiac1487

Lupercal1605

orgion1613

orgy1706

Walpurgis night1823

orgiaca1859

party1926

partouze1959

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festival of powers of darkness

Walpurgisnacht1822

Walpurgis night1823

1823 F. L. Gower tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 233 Walpurgis Night. The Hartz Mountain. Wild and desolate country.

1900 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 2) I. i. 36 The special season for thus promoting the growth of flax..in some places is Candlemas or Walpurgis Night (the eve of May Day).

1933 J. Cary Amer. Visitor xvi. 213 A fire which illuminated a kind of Walpurgis night of ragamuffins, soldiers, doxies from the town.

1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlv. 286 I sank into a vortex of imaginings in which Walpurgis Night and..the smell of petrol..were indissolubly linked.

1980 Amer. Scholar Autumn 456 Walpurgis Night on the eve of Mayday is an excuse for bacchanalia.

b. In other attributive uses with reference to this festival.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [adjective] > other festivities

Walpurgis1857

Tanabata1934

mas'1956

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. i. 33 That Walpurgis-dance of the witches and the fiends, which will..whirl unbidden through a mortal brain.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxix. 300 The Bosses..have come to keep Walpurgis revel.

1979 J. Tate tr. K. A. Blom Limits of Pain xx. 164 The last day of April..he could mix in the crowds,..warming himself by the Walpurgis bonfires.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	walpurgis
释义	Walpurgisn. Brit. /valˈpəːɡɪs/, /valˈpʊəɡɪs/, /vɑːlˈpəːɡɪs/, /vɑːlˈpʊəɡɪs/, U.S. /vɑlˈpʊrɡəs/ The name (St. Walpurga or Walburga) of an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon saint and missionary in Heidenheim, Germany, used: a. Walpurgis night n. [translating German Walpurgisnacht] in German folklore and esp. Goethe's Faust a feast of the powers of darkness or witches' sabbath (cf. sabbath n. 3) celebrated on the Brocken, a peak in the Harz mountains, on 30 April. Also transferred, an orgiastic celebration or party. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > [noun] > involving excessive drinking and licentiousness orgiac1487 Lupercal1605 orgion1613 orgy1706 Walpurgis night1823 orgiaca1859 party1926 partouze1959 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festival of powers of darkness Walpurgisnacht1822 Walpurgis night1823 1823 F. L. Gower tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 233 Walpurgis Night. The Hartz Mountain. Wild and desolate country. 1900 J. G. Frazer Golden Bough (ed. 2) I. i. 36 The special season for thus promoting the growth of flax..in some places is Candlemas or Walpurgis Night (the eve of May Day). 1933 J. Cary Amer. Visitor xvi. 213 A fire which illuminated a kind of Walpurgis night of ragamuffins, soldiers, doxies from the town. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlv. 286 I sank into a vortex of imaginings in which Walpurgis Night and..the smell of petrol..were indissolubly linked. 1980 Amer. Scholar Autumn 456 Walpurgis Night on the eve of Mayday is an excuse for bacchanalia. b. In other attributive uses with reference to this festival. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [adjective] > other festivities Walpurgis1857 Tanabata1934 mas'1956 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. i. 33 That Walpurgis-dance of the witches and the fiends, which will..whirl unbidden through a mortal brain. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xxix. 300 The Bosses..have come to keep Walpurgis revel. 1979 J. Tate tr. K. A. Blom Limits of Pain xx. 164 The last day of April..he could mix in the crowds,..warming himself by the Walpurgis bonfires. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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