dowsabeln.

Brit.

/ˈduːsəbɛl/,

/ˈdaʊsəbɛl/, U.S.

/ˈdusəˌbɛl/,

/ˈdaʊsəˌbɛl/

Forms: 1600s dousabell, 1600s dousabella, 1600s 2000s– dowsabell, 1600s– dowsabel.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dowsabel.

Etymology: < the female forename Dowsabel (also Dowsabell, Dousabella), probably < Anglo-Norman and Old French douce douce adj. + -abel (in the female forenames Amabel , Isabel , Mirabel ), perhaps originally as the name of a character in a lost romance; later apprehended as a compound of French douce douce adj. + belle (see bel adj.).Attested as the name of a stock literary character in English pastoral poetry and songs from the late 16th cent. onwards; compare:1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J2^v He had as antique stories tell, A daughter cleaped Dowsabell. Compare also the fully Latinized form Dulcibella, used in the same way from the late 17th cent. onwards.

Chiefly poetic and literary. Now rare.

A young country girl; a female sweetheart, typically from the countryside. Cf. Phillis n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend

lief971

ladya1393

ladyshipa1393

speciala1400

amiec1400

womanc1400

amoreta1425

mistressc1425

paramoura1450

fair ladya1470

girl?a1513

sooterkin1530

Tib1533

she1547

lady-love1568

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young lady1584

pigeon1592

love-lass1594

lass1596

dowsabel1612

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lucky1629

Dulcinea1638

Lindabrides1640

inamorata1651

baby1684

best girl1691

lady friend1733

young woman1822

moll1823

querida1834

sheila1839

bint1855

tart1864

babykins1870

Dona1874

novia1874

fancy-girl1892

girlfriend1892

cliner1895

tootsy1895

dinah1898

best1904

twist and twirl1905

jane1906

kitten1908

patootie1918

meisie1919

bride1924

gf1925

jelly1931

sort1933

a bit (also piece) of homework1945

beast1946

queen1955

momma1964

mi'jita1970

her indoors1979

girlf1991

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iii. sig. G3 A doughtie Don is taken, with my Dol; And thou maist make his ransome, what thou wilt, My Dousabell.

a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. iii. 48 in Five New Playes (1659) [Women] Of all conditions, from the Doxie to the Dowsabel.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 75 Give me her for my Dowsabel.

1840 J. A. Longworth Year among Circassians I. xiii. 269 A number of half-veiled, loosely-clad dowsabels, of truly Amazonian proportions..were busily at work over their milk-pails.

1880 Family Herald 45 43 Love's elixir potent wine is, While the sirens weave their spells—Pale or painted city Phrynes, Red and rustic Dowsabels.

1946 J. C. Nolan Gather ye Rosebuds viii. 77 Mind those red skirts on the mudguard, Sid!.. All in, my dowsabels?

2003 D. Solway Director's Cut 46 Myriad sampler articles written by the bit players and small-time brokers who effectively do the bidding..of donnish swains and dowsabells.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dowsabel
释义	dowsabeln. Brit. /ˈduːsəbɛl/, /ˈdaʊsəbɛl/, U.S. /ˈdusəˌbɛl/, /ˈdaʊsəˌbɛl/ Forms: 1600s dousabell, 1600s dousabella, 1600s 2000s– dowsabell, 1600s– dowsabel. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dowsabel. Etymology: < the female forename Dowsabel (also Dowsabell, Dousabella), probably < Anglo-Norman and Old French douce douce adj. + -abel (in the female forenames Amabel , Isabel , Mirabel ), perhaps originally as the name of a character in a lost romance; later apprehended as a compound of French douce douce adj. + belle (see bel adj.).Attested as the name of a stock literary character in English pastoral poetry and songs from the late 16th cent. onwards; compare:1593 M. Drayton Idea viii. sig. J2^v He had as antique stories tell, A daughter cleaped Dowsabell. Compare also the fully Latinized form Dulcibella, used in the same way from the late 17th cent. onwards. Chiefly poetic and literary. Now rare. A young country girl; a female sweetheart, typically from the countryside. Cf. Phillis n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend lief971 ladya1393 ladyshipa1393 speciala1400 amiec1400 womanc1400 amoreta1425 mistressc1425 paramoura1450 fair ladya1470 girl?a1513 sooterkin1530 Tib1533 she1547 lady-love1568 jug1569 young lady1584 pigeon1592 love-lass1594 lass1596 dowsabel1612 swainling1615 lucky1629 Dulcinea1638 Lindabrides1640 inamorata1651 baby1684 best girl1691 lady friend1733 young woman1822 moll1823 querida1834 sheila1839 bint1855 tart1864 babykins1870 Dona1874 novia1874 fancy-girl1892 girlfriend1892 cliner1895 tootsy1895 dinah1898 best1904 twist and twirl1905 jane1906 kitten1908 patootie1918 meisie1919 bride1924 gf1925 jelly1931 sort1933 a bit (also piece) of homework1945 beast1946 queen1955 momma1964 mi'jita1970 her indoors1979 girlf1991 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iii. iii. sig. G3 A doughtie Don is taken, with my Dol; And thou maist make his ransome, what thou wilt, My Dousabell. a1652 R. Brome Eng. Moor iii. iii. 48 in Five New Playes (1659) [Women] Of all conditions, from the Doxie to the Dowsabel. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 75 Give me her for my Dowsabel. 1840 J. A. Longworth Year among Circassians I. xiii. 269 A number of half-veiled, loosely-clad dowsabels, of truly Amazonian proportions..were busily at work over their milk-pails. 1880 Family Herald 45 43 Love's elixir potent wine is, While the sirens weave their spells—Pale or painted city Phrynes, Red and rustic Dowsabels. 1946 J. C. Nolan Gather ye Rosebuds viii. 77 Mind those red skirts on the mudguard, Sid!.. All in, my dowsabels? 2003 D. Solway Director's Cut 46 Myriad sampler articles written by the bit players and small-time brokers who effectively do the bidding..of donnish swains and dowsabells. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
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