Easter day
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
And though we would willingly assent unto any sympathetical exultation, yet cannot con- ceive therein any more than a Tropical expression. — Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V, xxh.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Easter day” mean?
And though we would willingly assent unto any sympathetical exultation, yet cannot con- ceive therein any more than a Tropical expression. — Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V, xxh.
Is “Easter day” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.