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单词 dulcinea
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Dulcinean.

Brit. /dʌlˈsɪnɪə/, /ˌdʌlsᵻˈniːə/, U.S. /ˌdəlsəˈniə/, /ˌdəlˈsɪniə/
Forms: 1600s Dulcinia, 1600s– Dulcinea. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dulcinea.
Etymology: < Dulcinea (more fully Dulcinea del Toboso ), the name (formed on Spanish dulce sweet: see dulce adj.) which Don Quixote gives to his (imaginary) mistress in Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605).Compare later French Dulcinée (1718).
A person regarded as embodying the idealized attributes of the literary character Dulcinea (see etymology); spec. a mistress, a lady love, a sweetheart.
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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
1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. ii. iii. i. 518 'Tis not Venus picture that, nor the Spanish Infanta's, as you suppose..no Princesse, or Kings daughter, no no but his divine mistris forsooth, his dainty Dulcinia, his deare Antiphila, to whose service he is wholly consecrate.
1673 A. Behn Dutch Lover Ep. Rdr. sig. A3v He that is the Knight of the Play, no sublunary feats must serve his Dulcinea; for if he can't bestrid the Moon, he'l ne'er make good his business to the end.
1740 Life & Adventures Mrs. Christian Davies i. 84 My Husband..was confined, and reprimanded very severely... His Dulcinea did not come off at as easy a Rate for she was put into a turning Stool.
1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 404 Our sailors..took it for granted that their dulcineas were all of one name.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 134 (note) The fables of knights errant and their persecuted dulcineas.
1877 S. Powers Tribes of Calif. (1976) 20 Some of the young bloods array their Dulcineas for the dance with lavish adornments.
1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 3 Jan. (1972) 481 Among the various literary and artistic Dulcineas whose championship Henley mistook for criticism was Mozart.
1986 M. Hofmann Acrimony 66 You should ask more of him, otherwise it all goes on this Dulcinea of his.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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