单词 | after-supper |
释义 | after-suppern.adj. 1. The time after supper; the time between supper and bedtime. Frequently in at after-supper. Obsolete (archaic in later use).Early uses may constitute examples of at after prep. with supper n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] evenOE eventideOE eveningOE eventimeOE evea1250 evetimec1300 even whilea1375 evetidea1382 supper timec1390 supper whilea1425 forenight1513 evening-tide1521 supperwardc1563 after-supperc1596 Vesperugo1600 vesper1613 far-day1650 eveg1675 evg1777 dew-falla1822 the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > time after supper after-supperc1596 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 294 At after Souper gooth this noble kyng To seen this hors of bras. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 333 At aftir souper was made a clene avoydaunce, that every lorde and lady sholde go unto his reste. ?1545 C. Langton Introd. Phisycke iii. vi. f. lxxxvv Asinius woulde not so much as vnseale a letter at after supper, so muche the lesse reade one. c1596 A. Bacon Let. in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1974) I. 272 I haue vnderstood from yow this aftersupper, I am to desire to yow to send me Sigr Perez his dispatch. 1668 T. St. Serfe Tarugo's Wiles iv. 36 You know the disposition of my body requires an after-Suppers walk. 1891 E. S. Holt White Lady of Hazelwood v. 71 My Lady shall snap off my head at after supper. 2. = rere-supper n. Obsolete (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > retiring or secondary meal voideec1374 rere-suppera1393 void1461 rere-banquet1530 after-meala1600 after-supper1600 postpast1603 rere feast?1615 arrière supper1889 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 34 This long age of three hours, betweene Or [= Our] after supper, & bed-time. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Regoubillonner, to make a reare supper, steale an after supper; banquet late anights. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 207 It is near after-supper. 1854 J. Doran Table Traits 254 The hours for meals were eight, noon, and six; but ‘after-meats’, and ‘after-suppers’, filled up the intervals. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the time after supper; taken or held after supper. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [adjective] vespertinec1503 acronic1565 acronical1585 vesperal1623 chronical1647 cronicall1647 vespertinal1839 post-cenal1848 after-supper1879 a1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1657) v. 64 This Sacrament of the Gospel is an after Supper modicum, full of spiritual signification, but not so stuffie for outward matter, that [etc.]. 1802 N. Desenfans Descr. Catal. Pict. Different Schools (ed. 2) I. 92 The after-supper frolic of three midnight rakes. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxii. 312 His unpremeditated after-supper stroll. 1879 F. W. Robinson Coward Conscience I. ii. vii. 254 An evening party, in the full vigour of its after-supper dances. 1921 Musical Times 62 716/2 The after-supper discussions..have been attended by the whole School. 1945 Rotarian Dec. 14/1 It was the after-supper habit of the Rev. Hubert Dahme..to take a walk through downtown Bridgeport. 1991 J. Chang Wild Swans xiii. 250 My father..always took his after-supper walk with me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1405 |
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