† agameadv.

Forms: see a prep.¹ and game n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, game n.

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + game n.

Obsolete.

In play, in jest.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb]

agamec1300

bourdfullya1400

in sportc1450

aplay1459

bourdly1500

in jest1551

bourdingly1552

sportingly1561

jestingly1569

sportingwise1579

sportfullya1586

sportively1656

for fun1750

flippantly1758

pour rire1872

c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) l. 316 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 471 (MED) Þo seide þe prince leiȝinde to is wif a-game [etc.].

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 648 I seyde but a-game I wolde go.

c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Fairf. 16) (1871) l. 277 Take hit not a game.

Phrases

on earnest and agame: in earnest and in jest; (hence) in every way.

ΚΠ

c1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza Guy of Warwick (1891) 671 (MED) Now þow wost whar ich was bore..An erneste and agame.

?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 163 (MED) Sire Pers þe Brimingham, On ernist and agam Þis dai was in is þoȝt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agame
释义	† agameadv. Forms: see a prep.¹ and game n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, game n. Etymology: < a prep.¹ + game n. Obsolete. In play, in jest. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb] agamec1300 bourdfullya1400 in sportc1450 aplay1459 bourdly1500 in jest1551 bourdingly1552 sportingly1561 jestingly1569 sportingwise1579 sportfullya1586 sportively1656 for fun1750 flippantly1758 pour rire1872 c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) l. 316 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 471 (MED) Þo seide þe prince leiȝinde to is wif a-game [etc.]. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 648 I seyde but a-game I wolde go. c1450 (c1385) G. Chaucer Complaint of Mars (Fairf. 16) (1871) l. 277 Take hit not a game. Phrases on earnest and agame: in earnest and in jest; (hence) in every way. ΚΠ c1330 (?c1300) Reinbrun (Auch.) in J. Zupitza Guy of Warwick (1891) 671 (MED) Now þow wost whar ich was bore..An erneste and agame. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 163 (MED) Sire Pers þe Brimingham, On ernist and agam Þis dai was in is þoȝt. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : A-gamen. < adv.c1300 see also
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† agameadv.

Phrases

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