Zenn.adj.

Brit.

/zɛn/, U.S.

/zɛn/

Forms: 1700s Sen, 1800s Dzen, 1800s– Zen.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese zen.

Etymology: < Japanese zen particular school of Buddhism which emphasizes meditation (c1335; more fully zenshū , lit. ‘meditation sect, Zen sect’ (c1335; 1603 as jenxû in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam)), specific use of zen Buddhist meditation (early 10th cent.; < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese chán Chan n.).In quot. 1727 (with the form Sen) via German †Sen (a1716 in the passage translated; now written Zen, probably after English); initial s- is voiced in German.

A. n.

1. A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and personal awareness rather than ritual worship or study of scriptures; the discipline or practice of this. Also more fully Zen Buddhism. Cf. Chan n.Zen practice makes use of seated meditation (cf. zazen n.) as a means of experiencing insight and enlightenment (cf. satori n.).Originally introduced to Japan from China, Zen Buddhism became profoundly influential in Japanese life and culture from the 13th cent.Interest in Zen increased considerably in the West in the second half of the 20th cent., and in popular understanding its practice is associated particularly with a state of acceptance or inner calm: compare senses A. 2, A. 3, and see note at mindfulness n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen

Zen1727

1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. ii. v. 199 In the 1850 streets of this city, there were 1050 [families] of the Ten Dai's Religion,..11016 of Sen [Ger. Sen].

1833 Chinese Repository 2 323 There are now in Japan the following sects which are tolerated by government. 1. Zen... 5. Singon... Singon means to repeat true psalms.

1893 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 27 Sept. (Illustr. Suppl.) 4/2 Japan, emerging from the civil wars of the two preceding dynasties, began a new art life under the influence of Zen-Buddhism.

1911 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IV. 704/1 Meditation came to have more weight than the other two factors, until in China and Japan there arose a sect, the Zen..in which it is the most essential part of the entire teaching.

1947 Archit. Rev. 102 32/2 Taoism and nature mysticism, transmitted through the vehicle of Zen Buddhism.

1960 Spectator 15 July 101 What do they know about Zen—the programme-writer, the film-makers, the beatniks, the lot?

2015 Sunday Life (Belfast) (Nexis) 27 Dec. 24 An off-shoot of Zen Buddhism, the ancient art of mindfulness is used to promote good mental and physical health.

2. In Zen Buddhism: a state of insight and enlightenment. Also more generally: a state of calmness or serenity of mind, emotions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen > concepts in

sabi1932

Zen1934

koan1946

1934 D. T. Suzuki Introd. Zen Buddhism vii. 102 Hōyen..used to produce his own hand and ask his disciples, why it was called a hand? When we know the reason, there is satori and we have Zen.

1978 Philos. East & West 25 177 The fallacy is to think that one has to go somewhere to attain Zen.

1997 Monograph (Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Martial Arts Program) 3 132 By achieving one's personal potential through self-actualization, a person achieves Zen.

2016 Time Out London 12 Jan. 12/3 You awake on January 1 after a lavender-and-warm-milk-induced sleep, ready to take on the capital with your new found zen and an aromatherapy gift set.

3. In extended use: any activity, experience, attitude, or approach considered to embody qualities resembling or characteristic of Zen Buddhism, such as meditative calmness, serenity, self-reflection, etc. Cf. sense B.Frequently (often somewhat humorously) in titles of the form Zen and the art of —, chiefly modelled on R. M. Pirsig's 1974 book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (see quot. 1974), itself a play on the title of a 1948 German work Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens ( Zen in the Art of Archery) by Eugen Herrigel.

ΚΠ

1973 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. ii. d. 15/4 Presumably the idea is for the listener to saturate himself in the pure sound, concentrating, departing to other spheres, on a cloud of musical Zen.

1974 R. M. Pirsig (title) Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.

2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 13 June b12 The moment of footballing Zen, where time stops and you and the telly become one.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July xiii. 2/4 Phil Jackson can volunteer to help those like myself who are vertically challenged, and chronicle the experiences in his book ‘Zen and the Art of Reaching Things on Real Tall Shelves’.

2012 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 3 I don't know if it's musical Zen or something, but if you aim for the mark, you will miss it, but if you just feel it..you can get into the zone.

B. adj.

Reminiscent of Zen Buddhism. Also more generally: calm and relaxed; serene. Cf. sense A. 3.

ΚΠ

1962 Times 21 Nov. 26/3 I tried to rub one stick together to make a fire. This is very Zen—but not very Boy Scout.

1989 E. Gilchrist Light can be both Wave & Particle 152 Rhoda was curled up on the back seat using her raincoat for a pillow, trying to think zen thoughts and live the moment and seize the day and so forth.

2010 New Yorker 10 May 47/3 She was very zen and happy enough to be in my lap, but would crane her neck to look at me once in a while to see just what was up.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive, as Zen meditation, Zen monk, Zen sect, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [adjective] > Mahayana > Zen

Zen1872

1872 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 211 [He] was himself a priest of the Zen sect.

1894 Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 22 430 The Zen sects..are divided..into three divisions. The Rinzai..from 1168 A.D., the Sōtō from 1223 A.D. and the Obaku from 1650 A.D.

1921 A. Waley Nō Plays of Japan 21 The difficult term yūgen which occurs constantly..is derived from Zen literature.

1985 J. Randle & M. Watanabe Coping with Japan 103 The Zen monks introduced..the art of dry gardening with rocks and stones.

2016 Guardian (Nexis) 17 May The canon chancellor of the minster, who practises Zen meditation.

b. Instrumental and similative, as Zen-influenced, Zen-inspired, Zen-style, adjs.

ΚΠ

1955 Perspecta 3 12 (caption) Superb example of the Zen influenced simplicity of means combined with architectural perfection.

1960 B. Leach Potter in Japan x. 222 The meaning of ‘Mu’, or unattachment, deeply imbedded in Taoism, Buddhism and ever present in Zen-inspired arts and crafts.

1991 Atlantic Aug. 96/3 The dance sections..impel the Zen-style chorales into a realm more intense than passive relaxation.

2008 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 88/3 A Zen influenced harmony, and formal austerity.

C2.

Zen Buddhist adj. and n. (a) adj.of or relating to Zen Buddhism or its teachings; (b) n. a person who practises Zen Buddhism.Cf. Zennist adj. and n. at Derivatives, which is attested slightly earlier.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen > person

Zen master1907

Zen Buddhist1917

1917 J. G. Fletcher in Dial 11 Jan. 4/1 The artists who achieved this summit were trained in the Zen Buddhist doctrine.

1920 McClure's Mag. Dec. 61/1 With as much of the calm dignity of a Zen Buddhist as he is able to exhibit, he raises [the bowl]..and takes a large sip.

1923 Eastern Buddhist (Japan) 2 341 It remained for the Chinese Zen Buddhists to invent their own methods according to their own needs and insight.

1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern v. 58 The canons of Japanese aesthetic appreciations were formulated to a very large degree under the influence of Zen Buddhist philosophy.

2012 Star Beacon (Ashtabula, Ohio) 26 Dec. a4/5 Poetry causes us to be, in the Zen Buddhists' term, ‘mindful’.

2014 J. B. Ford Auto Process Therapy iv. 37 Breath counting is a standard practice in many forms of meditation and is often used in the Zen Buddhist practice of Zazen.

Zen garden n. (originally in Japan) an outdoor space in which natural materials (typically rocks and gravel or sand) are arranged in lines and patterns, creating a serene environment designed to assist meditation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden

grounda1500

knot-garden1519

back-garden1535

summer garden1589

spring garden1612

spring gardena1625

water gardena1626

walled gardena1631

wildernessa1644

window garden1649

botanic garden1662

Hanging Gardens1705

winter garden1736

cottage garden1765

Vauxhall1770

English garden1771

wall garden1780

chinampa1787

moat garden1826

gardenesque1832

sunk garden1835

roof garden1844

weedery1847

wild garden1852

rootery1855

beer-garden1863

Japanese garden1863

bog-garden1883

Italian garden1883

community garden1884

sink garden1894

trough garden1935

sand garden1936

Zen garden1937

hydroponicum1938

tub garden1974

rain garden1994

1937 L. E. Kuck One Hundred Kyoto Gardens Introd. 15 There is another type of temple courtyard garden, not so austere as the sanded Zen garden and ordinarily much smaller.

1960 H. Stewart Net of Fireflies 167 The most celebrated Zen garden in Japan..dates from 1469 and consists solely of a courtyard of raked white sand in which are asymmetrically disposed fifteen stones, in groups of five, three, and two.

2012 College Eng. 74 339 Some years ago I visited Ryoan-Ji, a Zen garden, in Kyoto.

Zen master n. an experienced or advanced practitioner of Zen Buddhism, esp. one who teaches or mentors others.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen > person

Zen master1907

Zen Buddhist1917

1907 Jrnl. Pali Text Soc. 1906–7 13 Each Zen master must be sanctioned and authorized by his predecessor.

1950 A. Huxley Themes & Variations 98 As the Zen Masters like paradoxically to put it, ‘Buddha never taught the saving truth.’

2015 J. Leck After Dark 18 She was sitting with her legs folded up like a Zen master.

Derivatives

ˈZen-like adj. reminiscent or characteristic of Zen Buddhism or its teachings; spec. meditative; calm, serene.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective]

eveneOE

still1340

unperturbeda1450

unmovedc1480

quietful1494

lowna1500

calma1568

calmya1586

unpassionatea1586

smartless1593

reposeful1594

dispassionate1595

recollected1595

unaffectedc1595

unpassioned?1605

unpassionated1611

collecteda1616

tranquila1616

untouched1616

impassionate1621

composed1628

dispassioneda1631

tranquillous1638

slow1639

serene1640

dispassionated1647

imperturbed1652

unruffled1654

reposing1655

equanimous1656

perplacid1660

placate1662

equal1680

collect1682

cooled1682

posed1693

sedate1693

impassive1699

uninflamed1714

unexcited1735

unalarmed1756

unfanned1764

unagitated1772

undistraught1773

recollected1792

equable1796

unfussy1823

take-it-easy1825

unflurried1854

cool1855

comfortable1856

disimpassioned1860

tremorless1869

unpressured1879

unrippled1883

ice-cool1891

unrattled1891

Zen-likea1908

unrestless1919

steadyish1924

ataractic1941

relaxed1958

nonplussed1960

loose1968

Zenned-out1968

downtempo1972

mellowed1977

de-stressed1999

a1908 E. F. Fenollosa Epochs Chinese & Japanese Art (1912) II. x. 7 [A] Zen-like recognition that something characteristic and structural in every organic and inorganic form is friendly to man.

1957 College Art Jrnl. 16 184 As for the examples of his ink work, are they not complete, finished poems? How Zen-like in essence.

1987 D. Brin Uplift War 620 She appeared an island of almost zenlike calm in the sea of nervous neo-chimpanzees.

2015 B. Beaty Twelve-cent Archie 63 His laconic attitude and his relaxed zen-like sense of being.

ˈZennist adj. and n. (also Zenist) (a) adj. of or relating to Zen Buddhism or its teachings; (b) n. a person who practises Zen Buddhism; a Zen Buddhist.

ΚΠ

1904 Philosopher Aug. 43 The Yamato poetry and the Bugaku music..are a source of delight to this present, as are likewise the somber Zenist symbolism and the No dances.

1911 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 401 Beauty, said the Zenists,..is always deeper hidden within than outwardly expressed.

1991 J. Whitlark Behind Great Wall vii. 145 The third meaning of absence is the aforementioned Zenist emptiness.

2001 Jrnl. Relig. & Health 40 432 The third and final Zennist that Stevens discusses..was a gentle, reclusive, guileless, and self-effacing teacher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zen
释义	Zenn.adj. Brit. /zɛn/, U.S. /zɛn/ Forms: 1700s Sen, 1800s Dzen, 1800s– Zen. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese zen. Etymology: < Japanese zen particular school of Buddhism which emphasizes meditation (c1335; more fully zenshū , lit. ‘meditation sect, Zen sect’ (c1335; 1603 as jenxû in Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam)), specific use of zen Buddhist meditation (early 10th cent.; < Middle Chinese; compare Chinese chán Chan n.).In quot. 1727 (with the form Sen) via German †Sen (a1716 in the passage translated; now written Zen, probably after English); initial s- is voiced in German. A. n. 1. A Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing the value of meditation and personal awareness rather than ritual worship or study of scriptures; the discipline or practice of this. Also more fully Zen Buddhism. Cf. Chan n.Zen practice makes use of seated meditation (cf. zazen n.) as a means of experiencing insight and enlightenment (cf. satori n.).Originally introduced to Japan from China, Zen Buddhism became profoundly influential in Japanese life and culture from the 13th cent.Interest in Zen increased considerably in the West in the second half of the 20th cent., and in popular understanding its practice is associated particularly with a state of acceptance or inner calm: compare senses A. 2, A. 3, and see note at mindfulness n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen Zen1727 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. ii. v. 199 In the 1850 streets of this city, there were 1050 [families] of the Ten Dai's Religion,..11016 of Sen [Ger. Sen]. 1833 Chinese Repository 2 323 There are now in Japan the following sects which are tolerated by government. 1. Zen... 5. Singon... Singon means to repeat true psalms. 1893 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 27 Sept. (Illustr. Suppl.) 4/2 Japan, emerging from the civil wars of the two preceding dynasties, began a new art life under the influence of Zen-Buddhism. 1911 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics IV. 704/1 Meditation came to have more weight than the other two factors, until in China and Japan there arose a sect, the Zen..in which it is the most essential part of the entire teaching. 1947 Archit. Rev. 102 32/2 Taoism and nature mysticism, transmitted through the vehicle of Zen Buddhism. 1960 Spectator 15 July 101 What do they know about Zen—the programme-writer, the film-makers, the beatniks, the lot? 2015 Sunday Life (Belfast) (Nexis) 27 Dec. 24 An off-shoot of Zen Buddhism, the ancient art of mindfulness is used to promote good mental and physical health. 2. In Zen Buddhism: a state of insight and enlightenment. Also more generally: a state of calmness or serenity of mind, emotions, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen > concepts in sabi1932 Zen1934 koan1946 1934 D. T. Suzuki Introd. Zen Buddhism vii. 102 Hōyen..used to produce his own hand and ask his disciples, why it was called a hand? When we know the reason, there is satori and we have Zen. 1978 Philos. East & West 25 177 The fallacy is to think that one has to go somewhere to attain Zen. 1997 Monograph (Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Martial Arts Program) 3 132 By achieving one's personal potential through self-actualization, a person achieves Zen. 2016 Time Out London 12 Jan. 12/3 You awake on January 1 after a lavender-and-warm-milk-induced sleep, ready to take on the capital with your new found zen and an aromatherapy gift set. 3. In extended use: any activity, experience, attitude, or approach considered to embody qualities resembling or characteristic of Zen Buddhism, such as meditative calmness, serenity, self-reflection, etc. Cf. sense B.Frequently (often somewhat humorously) in titles of the form Zen and the art of —, chiefly modelled on R. M. Pirsig's 1974 book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (see quot. 1974), itself a play on the title of a 1948 German work Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens ( Zen in the Art of Archery) by Eugen Herrigel. ΚΠ 1973 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. ii. d. 15/4 Presumably the idea is for the listener to saturate himself in the pure sound, concentrating, departing to other spheres, on a cloud of musical Zen. 1974 R. M. Pirsig (title) Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. 2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 13 June b12 The moment of footballing Zen, where time stops and you and the telly become one. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 July xiii. 2/4 Phil Jackson can volunteer to help those like myself who are vertically challenged, and chronicle the experiences in his book ‘Zen and the Art of Reaching Things on Real Tall Shelves’. 2012 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 3 I don't know if it's musical Zen or something, but if you aim for the mark, you will miss it, but if you just feel it..you can get into the zone. B. adj. Reminiscent of Zen Buddhism. Also more generally: calm and relaxed; serene. Cf. sense A. 3. ΚΠ 1962 Times 21 Nov. 26/3 I tried to rub one stick together to make a fire. This is very Zen—but not very Boy Scout. 1989 E. Gilchrist Light can be both Wave & Particle 152 Rhoda was curled up on the back seat using her raincoat for a pillow, trying to think zen thoughts and live the moment and seize the day and so forth. 2010 New Yorker 10 May 47/3 She was very zen and happy enough to be in my lap, but would crane her neck to look at me once in a while to see just what was up. Compounds C1. a. General attributive, as Zen meditation, Zen monk, Zen sect, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [adjective] > Mahayana > Zen Zen1872 1872 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 211 [He] was himself a priest of the Zen sect. 1894 Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 22 430 The Zen sects..are divided..into three divisions. The Rinzai..from 1168 A.D., the Sōtō from 1223 A.D. and the Obaku from 1650 A.D. 1921 A. Waley Nō Plays of Japan 21 The difficult term yūgen which occurs constantly..is derived from Zen literature. 1985 J. Randle & M. Watanabe Coping with Japan 103 The Zen monks introduced..the art of dry gardening with rocks and stones. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 17 May The canon chancellor of the minster, who practises Zen meditation. b. Instrumental and similative, as Zen-influenced, Zen-inspired, Zen-style, adjs. ΚΠ 1955 Perspecta 3 12 (caption) Superb example of the Zen influenced simplicity of means combined with architectural perfection. 1960 B. Leach Potter in Japan x. 222 The meaning of ‘Mu’, or unattachment, deeply imbedded in Taoism, Buddhism and ever present in Zen-inspired arts and crafts. 1991 Atlantic Aug. 96/3 The dance sections..impel the Zen-style chorales into a realm more intense than passive relaxation. 2008 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 88/3 A Zen influenced harmony, and formal austerity. C2. Zen Buddhist adj. and n. (a) adj.of or relating to Zen Buddhism or its teachings; (b) n. a person who practises Zen Buddhism.Cf. Zennist adj. and n. at Derivatives, which is attested slightly earlier. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen > person Zen master1907 Zen Buddhist1917 1917 J. G. Fletcher in Dial 11 Jan. 4/1 The artists who achieved this summit were trained in the Zen Buddhist doctrine. 1920 McClure's Mag. Dec. 61/1 With as much of the calm dignity of a Zen Buddhist as he is able to exhibit, he raises [the bowl]..and takes a large sip. 1923 Eastern Buddhist (Japan) 2 341 It remained for the Chinese Zen Buddhists to invent their own methods according to their own needs and insight. 1965 W. Swaan Japanese Lantern v. 58 The canons of Japanese aesthetic appreciations were formulated to a very large degree under the influence of Zen Buddhist philosophy. 2012 Star Beacon (Ashtabula, Ohio) 26 Dec. a4/5 Poetry causes us to be, in the Zen Buddhists' term, ‘mindful’. 2014 J. B. Ford Auto Process Therapy iv. 37 Breath counting is a standard practice in many forms of meditation and is often used in the Zen Buddhist practice of Zazen. Zen garden n. (originally in Japan) an outdoor space in which natural materials (typically rocks and gravel or sand) are arranged in lines and patterns, creating a serene environment designed to assist meditation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden grounda1500 knot-garden1519 back-garden1535 summer garden1589 spring garden1612 spring gardena1625 water gardena1626 walled gardena1631 wildernessa1644 window garden1649 botanic garden1662 Hanging Gardens1705 winter garden1736 cottage garden1765 Vauxhall1770 English garden1771 wall garden1780 chinampa1787 moat garden1826 gardenesque1832 sunk garden1835 roof garden1844 weedery1847 wild garden1852 rootery1855 beer-garden1863 Japanese garden1863 bog-garden1883 Italian garden1883 community garden1884 sink garden1894 trough garden1935 sand garden1936 Zen garden1937 hydroponicum1938 tub garden1974 rain garden1994 1937 L. E. Kuck One Hundred Kyoto Gardens Introd. 15 There is another type of temple courtyard garden, not so austere as the sanded Zen garden and ordinarily much smaller. 1960 H. Stewart Net of Fireflies 167 The most celebrated Zen garden in Japan..dates from 1469 and consists solely of a courtyard of raked white sand in which are asymmetrically disposed fifteen stones, in groups of five, three, and two. 2012 College Eng. 74 339 Some years ago I visited Ryoan-Ji, a Zen garden, in Kyoto. Zen master n. an experienced or advanced practitioner of Zen Buddhism, esp. one who teaches or mentors others. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > Mahayana > Zen > person Zen master1907 Zen Buddhist1917 1907 Jrnl. Pali Text Soc. 1906–7 13 Each Zen master must be sanctioned and authorized by his predecessor. 1950 A. Huxley Themes & Variations 98 As the Zen Masters like paradoxically to put it, ‘Buddha never taught the saving truth.’ 2015 J. Leck After Dark 18 She was sitting with her legs folded up like a Zen master. Derivatives ˈZen-like adj. reminiscent or characteristic of Zen Buddhism or its teachings; spec. meditative; calm, serene. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] eveneOE still1340 unperturbeda1450 unmovedc1480 quietful1494 lowna1500 calma1568 calmya1586 unpassionatea1586 smartless1593 reposeful1594 dispassionate1595 recollected1595 unaffectedc1595 unpassioned?1605 unpassionated1611 collecteda1616 tranquila1616 untouched1616 impassionate1621 composed1628 dispassioneda1631 tranquillous1638 slow1639 serene1640 dispassionated1647 imperturbed1652 unruffled1654 reposing1655 equanimous1656 perplacid1660 placate1662 equal1680 collect1682 cooled1682 posed1693 sedate1693 impassive1699 uninflamed1714 unexcited1735 unalarmed1756 unfanned1764 unagitated1772 undistraught1773 recollected1792 equable1796 unfussy1823 take-it-easy1825 unflurried1854 cool1855 comfortable1856 disimpassioned1860 tremorless1869 unpressured1879 unrippled1883 ice-cool1891 unrattled1891 Zen-likea1908 unrestless1919 steadyish1924 ataractic1941 relaxed1958 nonplussed1960 loose1968 Zenned-out1968 downtempo1972 mellowed1977 de-stressed1999 a1908 E. F. Fenollosa Epochs Chinese & Japanese Art (1912) II. x. 7 [A] Zen-like recognition that something characteristic and structural in every organic and inorganic form is friendly to man. 1957 College Art Jrnl. 16 184 As for the examples of his ink work, are they not complete, finished poems? How Zen-like in essence. 1987 D. Brin Uplift War 620 She appeared an island of almost zenlike calm in the sea of nervous neo-chimpanzees. 2015 B. Beaty Twelve-cent Archie 63 His laconic attitude and his relaxed zen-like sense of being. ˈZennist adj. and n. (also Zenist) (a) adj. of or relating to Zen Buddhism or its teachings; (b) n. a person who practises Zen Buddhism; a Zen Buddhist. ΚΠ 1904 Philosopher Aug. 43 The Yamato poetry and the Bugaku music..are a source of delight to this present, as are likewise the somber Zenist symbolism and the No dances. 1911 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 401 Beauty, said the Zenists,..is always deeper hidden within than outwardly expressed. 1991 J. Whitlark Behind Great Wall vii. 145 The third meaning of absence is the aforementioned Zenist emptiness. 2001 Jrnl. Relig. & Health 40 432 The third and final Zennist that Stevens discusses..was a gentle, reclusive, guileless, and self-effacing teacher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Zenv. Brit. /zɛn/, U.S. /zɛn/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Zen n. Etymology: < Zen n. With to Zen out compare Zenned-out adj. colloquial. intransitive. to Zen out: to enter a state of meditative calmness or serenity of mind, emotions, etc.; to relax. Cf. Zen n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)] saughtelc1400 breathe1485 pacify1509 settle1591 compose1663 to breathe freely (also easy, easily)1695 tranquillize1748 cool1836 simmer down1842 calm1877 relax1907 to cool it1952 to Zen out1968 mellow1974 to take a chill pill1981 chillax1994 1968 I. Horovitz It's called Sugar Plum in First Season 104 ‘If you can't beat 'em, Zen out,’ that's what I always say. 1990 N. Collins Hard to Get (1992) 11 Internally wired but externally calm, I Zenned out as the world around me fell away. 2014 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Sunday Style Mag.) 27 Men Zenning out and limbering up, hatha style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1727v.1968
随便看	to shoot through to shoot to to shoot to kill to shoot to pieces to shoot to ribbons to shoot trouble to shoot unto to shoot up to shoot with to shoot with a bow to shoot with formerly in a bow to shootthrough and through to shop around to shop till one drops to shop until one drops to shoreward to short a person by the head or knees to short a person of to short by the head or knees to short of to shorten a person's life to shorten by the head to shorten in to shorten in, back to shorten life

Zenn.adj.

Compounds

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Zenv.