femen.

Brit.

/fiːm/,

/fɛm/, U.S.

/fɛm/

Forms: 1500s fame (Scottish), 1500s feeme, 1500s–1600s fem, 1500s– feme, 1500s– femme.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French feme, femme.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Law French, and Middle French feme, fame, femme (French femme femme n.) woman (end of the 10th cent. in Old French), wife (c1100) < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.). Compare femme n., a later re-borrowing of the same word. Compare also feme sole n., feme covert n.

1. A woman. Cf. femme n. 1. rare and poetic after 17th cent.Probably after the legal usage (see sense 2), although this is not attested in English until later.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun]

wifeeOE

womaneOE

womanOE

queanOE

brideOE

viragoc1000

to wifeOE

burdc1225

ladyc1225

carlinec1375

stotc1386

marec1387

pigsneyc1390

fellowa1393

piecec1400

femalea1425

goddessa1450

fairc1450

womankindc1450

fellowessa1500

femininea1513

tega1529

sister?1532

minikinc1540

wyec1540

placket1547

pig's eye1553

hen?1555

ware1558

pussy?a1560

jade1560

feme1566

gentlewoman1567

mort1567

pinnacea1568

jug1569

rowen1575

tarleather1575

mumps1576

skirt1578

piga1586

rib?1590

puppy1592

smock1592

maness1594

sloy1596

Madonna1602

moll1604

periwinkle1604

Partlet1607

rib of man1609

womanship?1609

modicum1611

Gypsy1612

petticoata1616

runniona1616

birda1627

lucky1629

she-man1640

her1646

lost rib1647

uptails1671

cow1696

tittup1696

cummer17..

wife1702

she-woman1703

person1704

molly1706

fusby1707

goody1708

riding hood1718

birdie1720

faggot1722

piece of goods1727

woman body1771

she-male1776

biddy1785

bitch1785

covess1789

gin1790

pintail1792

buer1807

femme1814

bibi1816

Judy1819

a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823

wifie1823

craft1829

shickster?1834

heifer1835

mot1837

tit1837

Sitt1838

strap1842

hay-bag1851

bint1855

popsy1855

tart1864

woman's woman1868

to deliver the goods1870

chapess1871

Dona1874

girl1878

ladykind1878

mivvy1881

dudess1883

dudette1883

dudine1883

tid1888

totty1890

tootsy1895

floozy1899

dame1902

jane1906

Tom1906

frail1908

bit of stuff1909

quim1909

babe1911

broad1914

muff1914

manhole1916

number1919

rossie1922

bit1923

man's woman1928

scupper1935

split1935

rye mort1936

totsy1938

leg1939

skinny1941

Richard1950

potato1957

scow1960

wimmin1975

womyn1975

womxn1991

1566 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1916) XI. 490 To the famis of the chalmer ane hundreth elnis of lynnyng claith.

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 58 Three ills that mischefe men..the Fem, the Flud, the Fire.

1594 In Praise of Willobie in Willobie his Auisa sig. A4 Vnconstant Nature, hath begot, Of Fleting Feemes, such fickle store.

1653 H. Whistler Aime at Up-shot Infant Baptisme i. 6 The Fem was concerned as (in desire) one.

1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 2 Baptisme 'tis thought may be administred by a sage feme.

1954 W. Stevens Coll. Poems 89 A feme may come, leaf-green, Whose coming may give revel Beyond revelries of sleep.

2. Law and Heraldry. A wife. Now historical.Frequently in collocation with baron (baron n. 5), reflecting the fact that in common law, a man and his wife were treated as one person. Cf. feme covert n., feme sole n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife

wifeeOE

womanc1275

peerc1330

spousessc1384

ladyc1390

good lady1502

girl?a1513

spousage1513

little lady1523

the weaker vessel1526

companion1535

wedlock1566

Mrs1572

dame1574

rib?1590

feme1595

fathom1602

feme covert1602

shrew1606

wife of one's bosom1611

kickie-wickiea1616

heifer1616

sposa1624

bosom-partner1633

goodwife1654

little woman1715

squaw1767

the Mrs1821

missus1823

maw1826

lady wife1840

tart1864

mistress1873

mama1916

ball and chain1921

trouble and strife1929

old boot1958

1595 W. Allen et al. Conf. Next Succession Crowne of Ingland ii. iv. 92 If a baron match with a femme that is an inheretrix.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. i. 254 The bearing of the Armes of the Femme by the Baron after issue receiued by her.

1696 S. Carter Lex Custumaria vi. 55 The Tenant in Dower shall not avoid it, but it shall precede the Dower... For he comes under the Custom as well as the Feme.

1714 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (ed. 3) 161 If a Feme Copyholder for Life takes Husband, who commits a Waste, this shall bind the Wife.

1752 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity VII. 162 If a Feme takes Baron, who have Issue, [etc.].

1762 W. Cole in H. Walpole Corr. (1937) I. 27 At the back..are the..arms cut on a piece of white marble on the pedestal: Party per pale, baron and femme, first quartering of four.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 334 The feme died leaving issue; then the baron died.

1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II. ix. viii. 142 An ancient custom of the land described the man and wife as baron and feme.

1908 A. F. Pimbley Dict. Heraldry 9/2 Baron And Feme, applied when the coats of arms of a man and his wife are borne per pale in the same escutcheon.

1993 S. S. Walker Wife & Widow in Medieval Eng. 4 Common lawyers..agreed that in the eyes of the law husband and wife (baron and feme) were one person, and that person was the husband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feme
释义	femen. Brit. /fiːm/, /fɛm/, U.S. /fɛm/ Forms: 1500s fame (Scottish), 1500s feeme, 1500s–1600s fem, 1500s– feme, 1500s– femme. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French feme, femme. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman, Law French, and Middle French feme, fame, femme (French femme femme n.) woman (end of the 10th cent. in Old French), wife (c1100) < classical Latin fēmina woman (see female n.). Compare femme n., a later re-borrowing of the same word. Compare also feme sole n., feme covert n. 1. A woman. Cf. femme n. 1. rare and poetic after 17th cent.Probably after the legal usage (see sense 2), although this is not attested in English until later. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 1566 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1916) XI. 490 To the famis of the chalmer ane hundreth elnis of lynnyng claith. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 58 Three ills that mischefe men..the Fem, the Flud, the Fire. 1594 In Praise of Willobie in Willobie his Auisa sig. A4 Vnconstant Nature, hath begot, Of Fleting Feemes, such fickle store. 1653 H. Whistler Aime at Up-shot Infant Baptisme i. 6 The Fem was concerned as (in desire) one. 1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 2 Baptisme 'tis thought may be administred by a sage feme. 1954 W. Stevens Coll. Poems 89 A feme may come, leaf-green, Whose coming may give revel Beyond revelries of sleep. 2. Law and Heraldry. A wife. Now historical.Frequently in collocation with baron (baron n. 5), reflecting the fact that in common law, a man and his wife were treated as one person. Cf. feme covert n., feme sole n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife wifeeOE womanc1275 peerc1330 spousessc1384 ladyc1390 good lady1502 girl?a1513 spousage1513 little lady1523 the weaker vessel1526 companion1535 wedlock1566 Mrs1572 dame1574 rib?1590 feme1595 fathom1602 feme covert1602 shrew1606 wife of one's bosom1611 kickie-wickiea1616 heifer1616 sposa1624 bosom-partner1633 goodwife1654 little woman1715 squaw1767 the Mrs1821 missus1823 maw1826 lady wife1840 tart1864 mistress1873 mama1916 ball and chain1921 trouble and strife1929 old boot1958 1595 W. Allen et al. Conf. Next Succession Crowne of Ingland ii. iv. 92 If a baron match with a femme that is an inheretrix. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. i. 254 The bearing of the Armes of the Femme by the Baron after issue receiued by her. 1696 S. Carter Lex Custumaria vi. 55 The Tenant in Dower shall not avoid it, but it shall precede the Dower... For he comes under the Custom as well as the Feme. 1714 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (ed. 3) 161 If a Feme Copyholder for Life takes Husband, who commits a Waste, this shall bind the Wife. 1752 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity VII. 162 If a Feme takes Baron, who have Issue, [etc.]. 1762 W. Cole in H. Walpole Corr. (1937) I. 27 At the back..are the..arms cut on a piece of white marble on the pedestal: Party per pale, baron and femme, first quartering of four. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 334 The feme died leaving issue; then the baron died. 1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens II. ix. viii. 142 An ancient custom of the land described the man and wife as baron and feme. 1908 A. F. Pimbley Dict. Heraldry 9/2 Baron And Feme, applied when the coats of arms of a man and his wife are borne per pale in the same escutcheon. 1993 S. S. Walker Wife & Widow in Medieval Eng. 4 Common lawyers..agreed that in the eyes of the law husband and wife (baron and feme) were one person, and that person was the husband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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