great-grandmothern.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪtˈɡran(d)ˌmʌðə/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪtˈɡræn(d)ˌməðər/

Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and grandmother n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., grandmother n.

Etymology: < great adj. + grandmother n. Compare earlier great-grandfather n.

A grandfather's or grandmother's mother; (also) a remote female ancestor. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother > great-grandmother

great-grandmother1530

great-grandame1538

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 227/2 Great graunde mother, aielle.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxvij They would barre you as though your great graundmother had bene no woman nor heire female, but a painted Image.

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 41 Our great grand mother Eve.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 295. ¶2 The Doctrine of Pin-money is of a very late Date, unknown to our Great Grand-mothers.

1844 Family of Seisers I. xiii. 86/1 A cold, the great grandmother of all diseases, quackery included.

1914 E. A. Bowles My Garden in Summer xiv. 259 The old Night-scented Stock of one's great-grandmother, is another half-hardy indispensable.

1954 Flying Jan. 36/1 Annie is the great-grandmother of today's commercial airliners.

2008 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 17 Nov. The 7-year-old rolls his bike with his left hand, while he guides his great-grandmother with his right.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	great-grandmother
释义	great-grandmothern. Brit. /ˌɡreɪtˈɡran(d)ˌmʌðə/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪtˈɡræn(d)ˌməðər/ Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and grandmother n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., grandmother n. Etymology: < great adj. + grandmother n. Compare earlier great-grandfather n. A grandfather's or grandmother's mother; (also) a remote female ancestor. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandmother > great-grandmother great-grandmother1530 great-grandame1538 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 227/2 Great graunde mother, aielle. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxvij They would barre you as though your great graundmother had bene no woman nor heire female, but a painted Image. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 41 Our great grand mother Eve. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 295. ¶2 The Doctrine of Pin-money is of a very late Date, unknown to our Great Grand-mothers. 1844 Family of Seisers I. xiii. 86/1 A cold, the great grandmother of all diseases, quackery included. 1914 E. A. Bowles My Garden in Summer xiv. 259 The old Night-scented Stock of one's great-grandmother, is another half-hardy indispensable. 1954 Flying Jan. 36/1 Annie is the great-grandmother of today's commercial airliners. 2008 Lancaster (Pa.) New Era (Nexis) 17 Nov. The 7-year-old rolls his bike with his left hand, while he guides his great-grandmother with his right. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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