单词 | archwife |
释义 | † archwifen. Obsolete. ‘A wife of a superior order’ (Tyrwhitt); a strong or masterful wife, a virago (‘Mannweib’ Mätzner). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > domineering wife archwifec1386 grey mare1700 henpeck1730 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1139 Ye archiwyuis [v.r. Arche wiffes], stondeth at defense, Syn ye be stronge. c1430 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 46 But archwyfes, eger in ther violence, Ferse as a tigre for to make affray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1386 |
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