father-in-lawn.

Brit.

/ˈfɑːð(ə)rɪnlɔː/, U.S.

/ˈfɑðərᵻnˌlɔ/,

/ˈfɑðərᵻnˌlɑ/

Inflections: Plural fathers-in-law, (rare) father-in-laws.

Forms: see father n. and -in-law comb. form; also 1500s ffadir-in-the-lawe.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: father n., -in-law comb. form.

Etymology: < father n. + -in-law comb. form, perhaps after Anglo-Norman pere en lei (beginning of the 13th century or earlier).Compare post-classical Latin pater in lege (from 13th century in British sources). In form ffadir-in-the-lawe with alteration after in prep., the adj., and law n.¹

1. The father of one's spouse. Also figurative.

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

the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes

causec1374

authora1382

workerc1384

causerc1386

begetterc1390

causac1420

workera1425

upraiserc1440

inspirerc1450

procurer1451

occasioner?c1452

procurator1486

purchaser1548

authorera1556

wielder1570

agent1571

effector1586

effecter1591

authoress1592

effectress1601

effectrix1611

performer1616

inducera1631

causeress1631

causatrix1649

father-in-law1650

pregnatress1651

matter1686

energizer1804

establisher1812

bringer1866

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates

sower1380

originalc1390

beginnerc1400

authrix?a1475

mother1560

grandmother1569

seedster1589

father-in-law1650

originator1818

originatress1840

incubator1864

originant1892

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit x. 13 The fader and moder..laften hir to gon, monestende hir to wrshipen hir fader and moder in lawe [L. honorare soceros].

c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 163 He outlawed Godwyne, his fader in lawe.

c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2272 Vn-to his fadyr in lawe gan he preye.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxiv. 221 Gerard called to hym his father in law, his wyfes father.

?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) iv. 78 Her reverent and wilbeloved ffadir-in-the-lawe, Henry the vijth.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iii. 187 The fairest of her sex replied: Most reverend father-in-law, Most loved, most fear'd.

1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 412 Twas fit he thought, that they all saw He was a pious Father-in-law: Wherewith he fained teares did shed.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 15 Pretended Necessity [is] the Father-in-law of intended iniquity.

a1666 E. Ludlow Voyce from Watch Tower (1978) v. 102 She would borrow her father-in-law's horse.

a1704 T. Brown Ess. Eng. Satyr in Wks. (1707) I. i. 33 His Ungenerous Father-in-law..discreetly Hang'd himself.

1781 S. Johnson Let. 10 Nov. in H. L. Piozzi Lett. to & from S. Johnson (1788) II. 221 The Bishop of Chester is here now with his father-in-law.

1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 51 We are before the door of your intended father-in-law.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 455/2 They contrive to present him to the eyes of his indignant father-in-law to be, in a state of idiotic tipsiness.

1915 Virginia Law Reg. 20 899 The connection between son-in-law and father-in-law is sufficient to create an insurable interest in the latter in favor of the former.

1990 R. Price Tongues of Angels i. 38 They were politely unexceptional, without ambition but with a vague confidence in working for their fathers or fathers-in-law.

2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xiv. 220 My 70-year-old father-in-law has been afflicted by feelings of pins and needles all over the body.

2. = stepfather n. a. Now archaic and historical. N.E.D. (1895) remarks: ‘Now commonly regarded as a misuse.’

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > stepfather

stepfatherc825

stepsirea1400

father-in-law1538

step-parent1840

step1954

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vitricus, a father in lawe, or steppefather.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Father in lawe, vitricus.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 34 All comfort that the darke night can afford, Be to thy person noble father in law .

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. vi. 72 A..band of alliance..betwixt the father in lawe, and his wiues children.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 189 This Robert [D'Euereux]..being commended to the Queene by his father in Law, the Earle of Leicester.

1700 J. Asgill Argument Eternal Life 22 Christ having such a Father-in-Law as this, his descent must be accounted from his Father-in-Law, and not from his Mother.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 122 Nancy could not bear a father-in-law.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 12 Father-in-law has been calling me whelp, and hound.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 27 I am not their father, Mr. Squeers. I'm only their father-in-law.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lvi. 150 I did not like my father-in-law to come home.

1999 C. B. Herrup House in Gross Disorder ii. 44 According to Lady Audley, her father-in-law/stepfather was not only a voyeur, but also a felon.

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

单词	father-in-law
释义	father-in-lawn. Brit. /ˈfɑːð(ə)rɪnlɔː/, U.S. /ˈfɑðərᵻnˌlɔ/, /ˈfɑðərᵻnˌlɑ/ Inflections: Plural fathers-in-law, (rare) father-in-laws. Forms: see father n. and -in-law comb. form; also 1500s ffadir-in-the-lawe. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: father n., -in-law comb. form. Etymology: < father n. + -in-law comb. form, perhaps after Anglo-Norman pere en lei (beginning of the 13th century or earlier).Compare post-classical Latin pater in lege (from 13th century in British sources). In form ffadir-in-the-lawe with alteration after in prep., the adj., and law n.¹ 1. The father of one's spouse. Also figurative. 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 the world > existence and causation > causation > [noun] > agent or person who causes causec1374 authora1382 workerc1384 causerc1386 begetterc1390 causac1420 workera1425 upraiserc1440 inspirerc1450 procurer1451 occasioner?c1452 procurator1486 purchaser1548 authorera1556 wielder1570 agent1571 effector1586 effecter1591 authoress1592 effectress1601 effectrix1611 performer1616 inducera1631 causeress1631 causatrix1649 father-in-law1650 pregnatress1651 matter1686 energizer1804 establisher1812 bringer1866 the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > one who originates sower1380 originalc1390 beginnerc1400 authrix?a1475 mother1560 grandmother1569 seedster1589 father-in-law1650 originator1818 originatress1840 incubator1864 originant1892 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit x. 13 The fader and moder..laften hir to gon, monestende hir to wrshipen hir fader and moder in lawe [L. honorare soceros]. c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 163 He outlawed Godwyne, his fader in lawe. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2272 Vn-to his fadyr in lawe gan he preye. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxiv. 221 Gerard called to hym his father in law, his wyfes father. ?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) iv. 78 Her reverent and wilbeloved ffadir-in-the-lawe, Henry the vijth. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades iii. 187 The fairest of her sex replied: Most reverend father-in-law, Most loved, most fear'd. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 412 Twas fit he thought, that they all saw He was a pious Father-in-law: Wherewith he fained teares did shed. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 15 Pretended Necessity [is] the Father-in-law of intended iniquity. a1666 E. Ludlow Voyce from Watch Tower (1978) v. 102 She would borrow her father-in-law's horse. a1704 T. Brown Ess. Eng. Satyr in Wks. (1707) I. i. 33 His Ungenerous Father-in-law..discreetly Hang'd himself. 1781 S. Johnson Let. 10 Nov. in H. L. Piozzi Lett. to & from S. Johnson (1788) II. 221 The Bishop of Chester is here now with his father-in-law. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 51 We are before the door of your intended father-in-law. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 455/2 They contrive to present him to the eyes of his indignant father-in-law to be, in a state of idiotic tipsiness. 1915 Virginia Law Reg. 20 899 The connection between son-in-law and father-in-law is sufficient to create an insurable interest in the latter in favor of the former. 1990 R. Price Tongues of Angels i. 38 They were politely unexceptional, without ambition but with a vague confidence in working for their fathers or fathers-in-law. 2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong xiv. 220 My 70-year-old father-in-law has been afflicted by feelings of pins and needles all over the body. 2. = stepfather n. a. Now archaic and historical. N.E.D. (1895) remarks: ‘Now commonly regarded as a misuse.’ ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > stepfather stepfatherc825 stepsirea1400 father-in-law1538 step-parent1840 step1954 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vitricus, a father in lawe, or steppefather. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Father in lawe, vitricus. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 34 All comfort that the darke night can afford, Be to thy person noble father in law . View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. vi. 72 A..band of alliance..betwixt the father in lawe, and his wiues children. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 189 This Robert [D'Euereux]..being commended to the Queene by his father in Law, the Earle of Leicester. 1700 J. Asgill Argument Eternal Life 22 Christ having such a Father-in-Law as this, his descent must be accounted from his Father-in-Law, and not from his Mother. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 122 Nancy could not bear a father-in-law. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 12 Father-in-law has been calling me whelp, and hound. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iv. 27 I am not their father, Mr. Squeers. I'm only their father-in-law. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lvi. 150 I did not like my father-in-law to come home. 1999 C. B. Herrup House in Gross Disorder ii. 44 According to Lady Audley, her father-in-law/stepfather was not only a voyeur, but also a felon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † father-in-lawv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: father-in-law n. Etymology: < father-in-law n. Obsolete. transitive. To call (a man) father-in-law.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 230 I'll teach you to Father-in-law me. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.a1382v.1749
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father-in-lawn.

† father-in-lawv.