Intertainment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Intertainment is a noun meaning (archaic) Alternative form of entertainment.
Meaning
(archaic) Alternative form of entertainment.
Example Sentences
[…] he was the man that gaue intertainment vnto mee & my brother Alipius, not being Clergy-men as yet, but onley lay christians, and wee dwelt as then in his house […]
Wherevpon the king began very louingly to intreate both our Captaine and vs. And after these gentle intertainments, we went our selues into the woods, hoping there to discouer some singularities […]
1659, Henry Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotation upon All the Books of the New Testament, London: Richard Davis, paraphrase of Luke 14:12, p. 238, Let not thy intertainments be of those which can, or are likely to entertain thee again, or to whom thou hast obligations of asfinity, &c. for this is but a worthlesse way of hospitality, in which there is nothing commendable or thank-worthy.
Word Forms
- intertainments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include entertainment, divertissement, variety, edutainment, performance, popcorn.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.