harridann.

/ˈharɪdən/

Forms: Also 1700s harradan, 1700s–1800s haridan.

Etymology: Generally supposed to be an alteration of French haridelle an old jade of a horse (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); also, a gaunt ill-favoured woman (Littré); but connecting forms are not known.

A haggard old woman; a vixen; ‘a decayed strumpet’ (Johnson): usually a term of vituperation.

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

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old womanOE

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > old

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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Harridan, one that is half Whore, half Bawd.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer v. vi. 63 D'ye hear, d'ye hear, you plaguy Harrydan, how those Bullets whistle.

1727 A. Pope Macer 135 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. And in four Months, a batter'd Harridan.

a1745 J. Swift Misc. Poems (1807) 57 The nymphs with whom you first began, Are each become a harridan.

1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 241 This identical hussy was a tutelar spirit in one house, and a harridan in the other.

1865 Public Opinion 31 Dec. 714/1 The harpy and harridan of the establishment was punished.

attributive.1820 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 102 The old harridan landlady.figurative.1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. 299 I heartily consign that old harridan Etiquette, with all her trumpery, to [etc.]

Derivatives

† harriˈdanical adj. Obsolete Apparently an isolated use.

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1725 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 118 Her old harridanical mother-in-law has stripped her house in town of all its furniture.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	harridan
释义	harridann. /ˈharɪdən/ Forms: Also 1700s harradan, 1700s–1800s haridan. Etymology: Generally supposed to be an alteration of French haridelle an old jade of a horse (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter); also, a gaunt ill-favoured woman (Littré); but connecting forms are not known. A haggard old woman; a vixen; ‘a decayed strumpet’ (Johnson): usually a term of vituperation. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] old wifeeOE old womanOE trota1375 carlinec1375 cronec1386 vecke1390 monea1393 hagc1400 ribibec1405 aunt?a1425 crate14.. witchc1475 mauda1500 mackabroine1546 grandam?1550 grannam1565 old lady1575 beldam1580 lucky1629 granny1634 patriarchess1639 runta1652 harridan1699 grimalkin1798 mama1810 tante1815 wifie1823 maw1826 old dear1836 tante1845 Mother Bunch1847 douairière1869 dowager1870 veteraness1880 old trout1897 tab1909 bag1924 crow1925 ma1932 Skinny Liz1940 old bag1947 old boot1958 tannie1958 LOL1960 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > old harridan1699 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Harridan, one that is half Whore, half Bawd. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer v. vi. 63 D'ye hear, d'ye hear, you plaguy Harrydan, how those Bullets whistle. 1727 A. Pope Macer 135 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. And in four Months, a batter'd Harridan. a1745 J. Swift Misc. Poems (1807) 57 The nymphs with whom you first began, Are each become a harridan. 1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 241 This identical hussy was a tutelar spirit in one house, and a harridan in the other. 1865 Public Opinion 31 Dec. 714/1 The harpy and harridan of the establishment was punished. attributive.1820 T. Moore Mem. (1853) III. 102 The old harridan landlady.figurative.1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. 299 I heartily consign that old harridan Etiquette, with all her trumpery, to [etc.] Derivatives † harriˈdanical adj. Obsolete Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1725 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 118 Her old harridanical mother-in-law has stripped her house in town of all its furniture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1699
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