英语词汇agelast的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

agelast; agelasta. An agelast, from the Greek for “not laugh- ing,” is a person who never laughs. The term for a non-laughter is first recorded in 1877, but agelastic, also meaning a morose, severe person who never laughs, is recorded in English as early as 1626. Rabelais was the first writer to use the word, fashion- ing it from the Greek. The agelasta, coming from the same Greek root for “joyless,” is the stone upon which the fatigued Ceres sat when worn down in searching for her daughter Persephone.

词汇	agelast
词源	agelast; agelasta. An agelast, from the Greek for “not laugh- ing,” is a person who never laughs. The term for a non-laughter is first recorded in 1877, but agelastic, also meaning a morose, severe person who never laughs, is recorded in English as early as 1626. Rabelais was the first writer to use the word, fashion- ing it from the Greek. The agelasta, coming from the same Greek root for “joyless,” is the stone upon which the fatigued Ceres sat when worn down in searching for her daughter Persephone.
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