单词 | welcoming |
释义 | welcomingn. The action of greeting with welcome or of making welcome; a welcome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome welcoming1303 bienvenue1393 bel-accoilc1400 welcome1525 receipt1533 gratulation1589 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 2858 Hys doghtyr was þe fyrste þyng þat mette hym and made hym welcomyng. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 255 The king cam with his knichtes alle And maden him glad welcominge. c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 14460 Thei..grete the kyng with wordes curteis; And he..thanked sone her wel-comyng. c1440 Generydes 392 He came anon withoute taryeng, And curtesly gaue them ther welcomyng. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clx. 177 And to his welcomyng to Dignon, many ladyes and damosels were come thyder to se hym. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. viii. 325 For the welcoming of whom [sc. all strangers] they bring up great store of doues, of chickens, and of such like commodities. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. i. 26 Elidure..runns to him with open Arms; and after many dear and sincere welcomings, convaies him to the Citty Alclud. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 38 But soon there breath'd a wind on me... It mingled strangely with my fears, Yet it felt like a welcoming. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 21 Where every zephyr-sigh pouts, and endows Her lips with music for the welcoming. 1839 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (new ed.) 364 Nothing was to be heard but talking, laughing, welcoming, and merriment. 1883 Athenæum 17 Nov. 627/1 The spontaneous welcoming of a given book by an audience that is in size and influence a public. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020). welcomingadj. That welcomes or gives a welcome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > welcoming meeting1548 friendly1553 welcoming1656 1656 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 285 Their famous new come preacher, makinge the wellcomming speech in the name of the rest. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 152 With how much more reason may God expect a welcoming entertainment for the least adorned parts of a Book, of which [etc.]. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 77 The returning husband, and the welcoming wife. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 161 Then as the glad sun breaks the clouds in a shower Tears melt in a welcoming smile. 1876 R. Broughton Joan I. i. x. 208 Wolferstan, stepping to meet her, with his low laugh, and his welcoming eyes. Derivatives ˈwelcomingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adverb] lustly971 to thankOE merryOE lustilya1225 likinglya1387 pleasinglya1400 in (on) thankc1400 merrilyc1400 pleasantlya1425 listilyc1440 at pleasure1579 jolly1615 well-pleasedly1645 pleasedly1651 enjoyingly1835 welcomingly1884 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 58/2 She..listened welcomingly to Juan's glad promises of the joy that was to be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1303adj.1656 |
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