{"id":220,"date":"2016-09-22T00:31:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T00:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/?p=220"},"modified":"2016-10-12T20:33:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:33:53","slug":"game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/uncategorized\/game\/","title":{"rendered":"Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As indicated in Joyce&#8217;s use of the word &#8220;game,&#8221; or some form of the like, the OED presents a variety of definitions and usages for the word. &#8220;Game,&#8221; which originates (according to etymonline.com) in its multiple forms mainly from Middle or Old English, initially served to reference a type of sport or competition, or describing one ready for that, but as these varying\u00a0definitions indicate, the term takes many uses today, and in\u00a0<em>Ulysses<\/em>. Definitions for &#8220;game&#8221; as provided by the OED include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noun:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amusement, sport, fun; pleasure, enjoyment, in later use only with modifying adjective, as\u00a0\u00a0<span id=\"eid246774306\" class=\"lemmaInDef\">great (good,\u00a0<span class=\"roman\">etc.<\/span>) game<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Jest, sport<\/li>\n<li>Freq. with\u00a0<em>the<\/em>. Lovemaking; amorous sport or dalliance; (also) an instance of this. In modern (and some earlier) use often specifically denoting sexual intercourse. Now\u00a0<em>rare<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>slang<\/em>. With\u00a0<em>the<\/em>. Prostitution. Earliest in\u00a0\u00a0<span id=\"eid246819525\" class=\"lemmaInDef\">lady (<span class=\"roman\">also<\/span>\u00a0girl,\u00a0<span class=\"roman\">etc.<\/span>) of the game<\/span>. In later use chiefly in\u00a0<em>on the game<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Originally: a butt or object of ridicule, a laughing stock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Adjective:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Of a person or animal: full of pluck, spirit, or fight; spirited, plucky; intrepid. Also applied to actions, attributes, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Having the necessary spirit or will for a specified challenge, adventure, novel experience, etc.; ready and willing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Verb<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em title=\"intransitive\">intr.<\/em>\u00a0To amuse oneself; to play, sport, jest; (occas.) to indulge in amorous or flirtatious play. Formerly also (occas.)\u00a0<em title=\"transitive\">trans.<\/em>\u00a0(<em title=\"reflexive\">refl.<\/em>) in same sense.<\/li>\n<li><em title=\"transitive\">trans.<\/em>\u00a0<em title=\"colloquial\">colloq.<\/em>\u00a0Originally: to make fun of. Later: to deceive, \u2018kid\u2019. Now chiefly\u00a0<em title=\"United States\">U.S<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em title=\"intransitive\">intr.<\/em>\u00a0To take part in an indoor game, of a kind on which stakes or wagers may be placed;\u00a0<em title=\"especially\">esp.<\/em>\u00a0to play games of chance for such stakes or wagers; to gamble. Now somewhat\u00a0<em title=\"archaic\">arch<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As indicated in Joyce&#8217;s use of the word &#8220;game,&#8221; or some form of the like, the OED presents a variety of definitions and usages for the word. &#8220;Game,&#8221; which originates (according to etymonline.com) in its multiple forms mainly from Middle or Old English, initially served to reference a type of sport or competition, or describing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eriksimpson.sites.grinnell.edu\/Ulysses16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}