duennan.

Brit.

/d(j)ʊˈɛnə/, U.S.

/duˈɛnə/

Forms:

α. 1600s doüegna, 1600s douegna, 1600s dovegna, 1600s–1700s duegna.

β. 1600s– duena, 1600s– duenna.

γ. 1600s– dueña Brit. /ˈdwɛnjə/, U.S. /ˈdwɛnjə/.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish dueña.

Etymology: < Spanish dueña lady in waiting at the Spanish Court (13th cent. as †duenna ), woman employed as a governess or chaperone (17th cent.), specific sense developments of dueña married lady, mistress (11th cent. as †duenna ; compare the corresponding masculine dueño master: see duende n.), ultimately < classical Latin domina lady, mistress (see domina n.). Compare Italian (rare) †duenna lady, mistress (a1540; 17th cent. as †duegna), French duègne elderly woman acting as a governess or chaperone to a young woman (1655; first half of the 17th cent. as †doëgne, †dueña), both < Spanish.The α. forms apparently show adaptation of the Spanish form with ñ (/ɲ/) to English pronunciation and orthography; compare similar early modern variation at e.g. señor n.

a. In Spanish and Portuguese contexts: a (typically elderly) woman employed as a governess and companion to the young women or girls of a family. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess

mistressc1330

schoolmistress1335

governoressc1422

tutrice1490

tutrix1515

gouvernante1579

tutress1599

tutoress1614

directrice1631

duenna1641

under-governess1669

governess1673

conductress1760

Mam'sellec1794

directress1801

nursery governess1814

mademoiselle1861

finishing governess1862

fräulein1883

govy1899

miss1924

1641 E. Messervy tr. F. G. de Quevedo Hell Reformed 79 This Desperate Fellow pulled & dragged a long, the poore Doüegna.

1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara 258 Donna Brianda was much astonish'd at this discourse, and press'd her Duenna [Fr. Damoiselle], to discover to her more clearly.

1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 141 One of my Lady Constable's Duegna's desir'd to speak with her.

1768 I. Bickerstaff Padlock i. iv. 7 His name is Don Diego [printed Deigo];..his servants are an ancient duenna, and a Negro slave.

1822 Ladies' Lit. Cabinet 6 July 67/2 The Duenna still stood with one hand holding her lady's forehead, and with the salts close to her in the other.

1896 F. H. Burnett Lady of Quality 68 As if she had been the daughter of a Spanish Hidalgo, never to be approached except in the presence of her duenna.

1916 E. D. Login Recoll. i. 7 [He was] accustomed to see ‘senhoritas’ always carefully guarded, and never suffered to go abroad without the protection of a mother or duenna.

1985 J. A. Michener Texas 61 The older woman who served as her dueña..sometimes doubted whether she would ever get their headstrong child back to Spain.

2003 J. Feather Kissed by Shadows 254 Robin understood that he was being headed off. Luisa's duenna was not about to allow a tête-à-tête of any kind.

†b. A lady in waiting at the Spanish Court. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting > lady-in-waiting or maid of honour

maiden of honoura1450

gentlewomana1470

lady of presence1530

maid of honourc1595

lady of honour1631

lady-in-waiting1703

duenna1761

dame d'honneur1805

1761 H. Walpole Let. 10 Sept. in Corr. (1960) XXI. 531 Kitty Dashwood..living in the palace as duenna to the Queen.

1794 M. Harley Prince of Leon II. 191 Vasquez, a page, and two duennas of the palace, were in her interest.

1849 W. C. Taylor House of Orleans I. 101 In Spain, this office [sc. mistress of the robes] also included the functions of the duenna.

1899 St. Nicholas Jan. 181/2 Her duenna had to rebuke her [sc. Mariana of Austria, queen of Spain] for laughing too uproariously at the court dwarf.

1916 Vogue Jan. 49 (caption) It is not unusual to see the young Queen Victoria walking with her companion, the Duenna de San Carlos.

2. In extended use: a chaperone; a young woman's older female companion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > one in charge of young person > female

governoressc1422

governess?c1500

governante1637

gouvernante1667

duenna1709

chaperone1720

sheep-dog1847

gooseberry-picker1868

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. ii. 25 Patch. She..told me, I was her Servant, not her Governess. Sir Jeal. Did she so? But I'll make her to know, that you are her Duenna.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iv. 306 There is no duenna so rigidly prudent, and inexorably decorous, as a superannuated coquette.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 18 Jan. (1941) 9 He used..to have a duenna of a housekeeper to sit in his study with him while he wrote.

1877 ‘Rita’ Vivienne vi. i Her home is guarded by a dragon-like duenna.

1972 J. Purdy I am Elijah Thrush 22 Damn these duennas of the world who keep decent parties apart!

2014 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 8 June (Culture section) As her duenna Marianne reports on the approach of Octavian, Sophie worries over her impending marriage.

Derivatives

duˈennadom n. rare the supervision or authority of a duenna; the practice of employing a duenna; duennas considered collectively.

ΚΠ

1854 W. H. Hurlbert Gan-Eden 49 Every Cuban young lady is carefully secluded from the approaches of ‘young Cuba’, by a system of modified duennadom.

1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. vii. 123 The ancient dames of duennadom may purse their withered lips.

1932 D. Patrick Time of Gold i. iv. 67 She determined to cut loose from the..irksome duennadom of stony-faced Mrs. Breeze.

duˈenna-ish adj. = duenna-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > acting as chaperon > like a chaperon

duenna-like1784

duenna-ish1818

duennesque1881

1818 Lit. Gaz. 28 Feb. 141/2 He has also thrown an air of duenna-ish ridicule over the character of Beatrice, one of the ladies of the court who suspects Zuma.

1876 Scribner's Monthly May 499/1 Eunice took the magisterial or duennaish manner.

1988 M. Westhaven Miss Dalrymple's Virtue ix. 94 I'll..give her my most severe and duenna-ish look when we meet.

duˈenna-like adj. like or characteristic of a duenna.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > acting as chaperon > like a chaperon

duenna-like1784

duenna-ish1818

duennesque1881

1784 Mem. Perdita xv. 171 The severity and Duenna-like conduct of the favourite attendant.

1866 W. Davidge Footlight Flashes xv. 186 Worthily desirous to watch over their female offspring..they exhibit a duenna-like supervision.

1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvi. 183 He drew his lips together in that duenna-like way with which Monty was so familiar.

1998 Times 15 June 21 A petite, duenna-like figure with jet-black hair.

duˈennaship n. rare the position or role of a duenna; supervision or guardianship (like that) provided by a duenna.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > chaperonage

duennaship1809

chaperoning1822

chaperonage1857

1809 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (new ed.) II. xxxi. 256 Mistress Gonzalez, or, what is your duennaship's name?

1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xi. 154 Camilla's aunt..regulated Mr. Arden's household affairs, and exercised a shadowy duennaship over his daughter.

1951 H. Calisher In Absence of Angels 89 The serene, guided faces of children I had seen walking securely under the restful duennaship of nuns.

† duennesque adj. [after Spanish dueñesco (1615 in the passage translated in quot. 1881)] Obsolete rare resembling or suggestive of a duenna.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > acting as chaperon > like a chaperon

duenna-like1784

duenna-ish1818

duennesque1881

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxviii. 320 When the duennesque squadron [Sp. el dueñesco esquadron] had finished coming in.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	duenna
释义	duennan. Brit. /d(j)ʊˈɛnə/, U.S. /duˈɛnə/ Forms: α. 1600s doüegna, 1600s douegna, 1600s dovegna, 1600s–1700s duegna. β. 1600s– duena, 1600s– duenna. γ. 1600s– dueña Brit. /ˈdwɛnjə/, U.S. /ˈdwɛnjə/. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish dueña. Etymology: < Spanish dueña lady in waiting at the Spanish Court (13th cent. as †duenna ), woman employed as a governess or chaperone (17th cent.), specific sense developments of dueña married lady, mistress (11th cent. as †duenna ; compare the corresponding masculine dueño master: see duende n.), ultimately < classical Latin domina lady, mistress (see domina n.). Compare Italian (rare) †duenna lady, mistress (a1540; 17th cent. as †duegna), French duègne elderly woman acting as a governess or chaperone to a young woman (1655; first half of the 17th cent. as †doëgne, †dueña), both < Spanish.The α. forms apparently show adaptation of the Spanish form with ñ (/ɲ/) to English pronunciation and orthography; compare similar early modern variation at e.g. señor n. 1. a. In Spanish and Portuguese contexts: a (typically elderly) woman employed as a governess and companion to the young women or girls of a family. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > professional teacher > governess mistressc1330 schoolmistress1335 governoressc1422 tutrice1490 tutrix1515 gouvernante1579 tutress1599 tutoress1614 directrice1631 duenna1641 under-governess1669 governess1673 conductress1760 Mam'sellec1794 directress1801 nursery governess1814 mademoiselle1861 finishing governess1862 fräulein1883 govy1899 miss1924 1641 E. Messervy tr. F. G. de Quevedo Hell Reformed 79 This Desperate Fellow pulled & dragged a long, the poore Doüegna. 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara 258 Donna Brianda was much astonish'd at this discourse, and press'd her Duenna [Fr. Damoiselle], to discover to her more clearly. 1707 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Diverting Wks. 141 One of my Lady Constable's Duegna's desir'd to speak with her. 1768 I. Bickerstaff Padlock i. iv. 7 His name is Don Diego [printed Deigo];..his servants are an ancient duenna, and a Negro slave. 1822 Ladies' Lit. Cabinet 6 July 67/2 The Duenna still stood with one hand holding her lady's forehead, and with the salts close to her in the other. 1896 F. H. Burnett Lady of Quality 68 As if she had been the daughter of a Spanish Hidalgo, never to be approached except in the presence of her duenna. 1916 E. D. Login Recoll. i. 7 [He was] accustomed to see ‘senhoritas’ always carefully guarded, and never suffered to go abroad without the protection of a mother or duenna. 1985 J. A. Michener Texas 61 The older woman who served as her dueña..sometimes doubted whether she would ever get their headstrong child back to Spain. 2003 J. Feather Kissed by Shadows 254 Robin understood that he was being headed off. Luisa's duenna was not about to allow a tête-à-tête of any kind. †b. A lady in waiting at the Spanish Court. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > lord-in-waiting > lady-in-waiting or maid of honour maiden of honoura1450 gentlewomana1470 lady of presence1530 maid of honourc1595 lady of honour1631 lady-in-waiting1703 duenna1761 dame d'honneur1805 1761 H. Walpole Let. 10 Sept. in Corr. (1960) XXI. 531 Kitty Dashwood..living in the palace as duenna to the Queen. 1794 M. Harley Prince of Leon II. 191 Vasquez, a page, and two duennas of the palace, were in her interest. 1849 W. C. Taylor House of Orleans I. 101 In Spain, this office [sc. mistress of the robes] also included the functions of the duenna. 1899 St. Nicholas Jan. 181/2 Her duenna had to rebuke her [sc. Mariana of Austria, queen of Spain] for laughing too uproariously at the court dwarf. 1916 Vogue Jan. 49 (caption) It is not unusual to see the young Queen Victoria walking with her companion, the Duenna de San Carlos. 2. In extended use: a chaperone; a young woman's older female companion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > one in charge of young person > female governoressc1422 governess?c1500 governante1637 gouvernante1667 duenna1709 chaperone1720 sheep-dog1847 gooseberry-picker1868 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. ii. 25 Patch. She..told me, I was her Servant, not her Governess. Sir Jeal. Did she so? But I'll make her to know, that you are her Duenna. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. iv. 306 There is no duenna so rigidly prudent, and inexorably decorous, as a superannuated coquette. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 18 Jan. (1941) 9 He used..to have a duenna of a housekeeper to sit in his study with him while he wrote. 1877 ‘Rita’ Vivienne vi. i Her home is guarded by a dragon-like duenna. 1972 J. Purdy I am Elijah Thrush 22 Damn these duennas of the world who keep decent parties apart! 2014 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 8 June (Culture section) As her duenna Marianne reports on the approach of Octavian, Sophie worries over her impending marriage. Derivatives duˈennadom n. rare the supervision or authority of a duenna; the practice of employing a duenna; duennas considered collectively. ΚΠ 1854 W. H. Hurlbert Gan-Eden 49 Every Cuban young lady is carefully secluded from the approaches of ‘young Cuba’, by a system of modified duennadom. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. vii. 123 The ancient dames of duennadom may purse their withered lips. 1932 D. Patrick Time of Gold i. iv. 67 She determined to cut loose from the..irksome duennadom of stony-faced Mrs. Breeze. duˈenna-ish adj. = duenna-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > acting as chaperon > like a chaperon duenna-like1784 duenna-ish1818 duennesque1881 1818 Lit. Gaz. 28 Feb. 141/2 He has also thrown an air of duenna-ish ridicule over the character of Beatrice, one of the ladies of the court who suspects Zuma. 1876 Scribner's Monthly May 499/1 Eunice took the magisterial or duennaish manner. 1988 M. Westhaven Miss Dalrymple's Virtue ix. 94 I'll..give her my most severe and duenna-ish look when we meet. duˈenna-like adj. like or characteristic of a duenna. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > acting as chaperon > like a chaperon duenna-like1784 duenna-ish1818 duennesque1881 1784 Mem. Perdita xv. 171 The severity and Duenna-like conduct of the favourite attendant. 1866 W. Davidge Footlight Flashes xv. 186 Worthily desirous to watch over their female offspring..they exhibit a duenna-like supervision. 1935 P. G. Wodehouse Luck of Bodkins xvi. 183 He drew his lips together in that duenna-like way with which Monty was so familiar. 1998 Times 15 June 21 A petite, duenna-like figure with jet-black hair. duˈennaship n. rare the position or role of a duenna; supervision or guardianship (like that) provided by a duenna. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > chaperonage duennaship1809 chaperoning1822 chaperonage1857 1809 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (new ed.) II. xxxi. 256 Mistress Gonzalez, or, what is your duennaship's name? 1884 H. Hunter & W. Whyte My Ducats (1885) xi. 154 Camilla's aunt..regulated Mr. Arden's household affairs, and exercised a shadowy duennaship over his daughter. 1951 H. Calisher In Absence of Angels 89 The serene, guided faces of children I had seen walking securely under the restful duennaship of nuns. † duennesque adj. [after Spanish dueñesco (1615 in the passage translated in quot. 1881)] Obsolete rare resembling or suggestive of a duenna. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > acting as chaperon > like a chaperon duenna-like1784 duenna-ish1818 duennesque1881 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. xxxviii. 320 When the duennesque squadron [Sp. el dueñesco esquadron] had finished coming in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1641
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