curtain-lecturen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurtain-ˈlecture.

‘A reproof given by a wife to her husband in bed’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > by a wife in bed

curtain-lecture1633

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > by a wife in bed > instance of

curtain-sermon1611

curtain-lecture1633

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 555 Often have you heard how much a superstitious wife, by her certaine [sic] lectures, hath wrought upon her Christian husband.

1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 85 I am not awed..with the dreadfull Catechisme of a Curtain Lecture.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. ⁋4 He was then lying under the Discipline of a Curtain-Lecture.

1846 D. Jerrold (title) Mrs. Caudle's Curtain-lectures.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 138 As confidential as a curtain-lecture.

Derivatives

ˌcurtain-ˈlecture v.

ΚΠ

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. vi. 97 No curtain-lectu'rin' with pipe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	curtain-lecture
释义	curtain-lecturen. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcurtain-ˈlecture. ‘A reproof given by a wife to her husband in bed’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > by a wife in bed curtain-lecture1633 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > by a wife in bed > instance of curtain-sermon1611 curtain-lecture1633 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 5) 555 Often have you heard how much a superstitious wife, by her certaine [sic] lectures, hath wrought upon her Christian husband. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 85 I am not awed..with the dreadfull Catechisme of a Curtain Lecture. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 243. ⁋4 He was then lying under the Discipline of a Curtain-Lecture. 1846 D. Jerrold (title) Mrs. Caudle's Curtain-lectures. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 138 As confidential as a curtain-lecture. Derivatives ˌcurtain-ˈlecture v. ΚΠ 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. vi. 97 No curtain-lectu'rin' with pipe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1633
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