单词 | dad-in-law |
释义 | dad-in-lawn. colloquial. The father of one's spouse; = father-in-law n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > father-in-law eldfatherc1200 father-in-lawa1382 father-law1445 good-father1488 law-father1582 law's father1593 stepfathera1640 dad-in-law1694 papa-in-law1821 pa-in-law1840 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xlvii. 218 No, I'd not have upon my Life, Great Alexander for my Wife, Nor Pompey, nor his Dad in Law, Who did each other clapper claw. 1758 J. Ellis tr. M. Vegio Canto added Virgil's Æneas 89 You're my dear Dad-in-Law. 1857 Melbourne Punch 2 Apr. 73/1 My much respected future dad-in-law. 1899 Harlequin 27 Sept. 7/2 When dad-in-law has had a round or two with this manager son-in-law, he begins to understand how some people can fail in business. 1916 Logansport (Indiana) Times 30 June 6/4 Harry knows that his salary is hardly adequate to support two comfortably, but he has sanguine hopes that dad-in-law will come to their rescue. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 10 Mar. 15 She joked with dad-in-law Charles and his wife Camilla. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1694 |
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