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father-in-law|ˈfɑːðərɪnlɔː|
Also 5 fadyr in, yn, lawe, faderlaw, 6 fatherlaw.
[App. in law = in Canon law. Cf. brother-in-law.]
1. The father of one's husband or wife.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2272 Philomene, Un-to his fadyr in lawe gan he preye. 1467Mann. & Househ. Exp. 172 John Hobes and is faderlaw. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxiv. 221 Gerard called to hym his father in law, his wyfes father. 1598Chapman Iliad iii. 187 The fairest of her sex replied: Most reverend father-in-law, Most loved, most fear'd. a1704T. Brown Eng. Sat. Wks. 1730 I. 25 This ungenerous father-in-law..discreetly hanged himself. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 51 We are before the door of your intended father-in-law.
fig.1650B. Discolliminium 15 Pretended Necessity [is] the Father-in-law of intended iniquity.
2. = stepfather. Now commonly regarded as a misuse.
1552Huloet, Father in lawe, vitricus. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 81 All comfort that the darke night can affoord, Be to thy Person, Noble Father in Law. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. iii. vi. (1622) 72 A..band of alliance..betwixt the father in law, and his wiues children. 1748Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 122 Nancy could not bear a father-in-law. 1773Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. i. ii, Father-in-law has been calling me a whelp and hound. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. iv, I am not their father, I'm only their father-in-law. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. lvi, I did not like my father-in-law to come home.
Hence father-in-law v. nonce-wd., to call (a man) father-in-law.
1749Fielding Tom Jones xv. v, I'll teach you to father-in-law me. |