† hensuren.

Forms: pre-1700 hensour, pre-1700 1800s hensure.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps < hens- (variant of hench- in henchman n., henchboy n.) + -our suffix, although the spelling in -ure is difficult to explain.Jamieson’s suggestion that the word means ‘giddy young fellow’ and is to be derived from early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic heimskr (Icelandic heimskur), Old Swedish hemsker (Swedish regional hemmsk), Old Danish hemsk, all in the sense ‘stupid, gullible’) is unconvincing.

Scottish. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

Meaning uncertain: perhaps originally ‘a retainer’ and in later use ‘a swaggering young man’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun]

frumberdlingc1000

young manOE

childc1225

hind1297

pagec1300

youtha1325

fawnc1369

swainc1386

stripling1398

boy1440

springaldc1450

jovencel1490

younkera1522

speara1529

gorrel1530

lad1535

hobbledehoy1540

cockerel1547

waga1556

spring1559

loonc1560

hensure1568

youngster1577

imp1578

pigsney1581

cocklinga1586

demy1589

muchacho1591

shaver1592

snipper-snappera1593

callant1597

spaught1598

stubble boy1598

ghillie1603

codling1612

cuba1616

skippera1616

man-boy1637

sprig1646

callow1651

halflang1660

stubbed boy1683

gossoon1684

gilpie1718

stirraha1722

young lion1792

halfling1794

pubescent1795

young man1810

sixteener1824

señorito1843

tad1845

boysie1846

shaveling1854

ephebe1880

boychick1921

lightie1946

young blood1967

studmuffin1986

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun]

followereOE

youngereOE

retenantc1390

suitora1398

waitera1500

retainer1508

pursuivant1513

villein1534

consequent1550

backmanc1560

janissary1565

jackman1566

hensure1568

belonger1577

lackey1588

sequent1598

pedissequant1607

henchman1754

gesith1861

ministerialis1888

1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 2654 in Wks. (1931) II. 250 Thir Iuglaris, Iestouris, and ydill hensouris, Thir cariowris, and thir quynte sensouris [1602 idill cuitchours].

1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 264 Ane haisty hensure callit hary quha wes ane archer heynd.

1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 7/1 The strength o' the Frenchman's wine would have floored the strongest hensure o' the Borders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

hensureadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɛnˈʃɔː/,

/ˌhɛnˈʃʊə/,

/ˈhɛnʃɔː/,

/ˈhɛnʃʊə/, U.S.

/ˌhɛnˈʃʊ(ə)r/,

/ˈhɛnˌʃʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, sure adj.

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + sure adj., humorously after cocksure adj.

In and with reference to the writing of D. H. Lawrence: self-assured in conforming to traditionally feminine gender stereotypes, esp. in relying on instinct and intuition rather than ego and intellect. Cf. hen n.¹ 3a.Often in opposition to cocksure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective]

sickerc1100

bolda1300

surec1330

trist1340

certain1362

traista1400

tresta1400

ensurec1430

suredc1450

absolute1483

firm1483

resolute1501

assured1523

satisfied1533

unperplexed1558

unblanked1570

resolved1577

secure1578

clear1604

constant1611

ungravelled1611

confidenta1616

definitea1616

fearless1634

decretory1651

positive1658

unbrangled1671

cocksure1672

convinced1685

reliant1702

unbewildereda1807

positivistic1893

hensure1929

tooting1932

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective] > self-confident

self-confiding1647

self-assured1668

self-possessed1766

aplomb1865

hensure1929

together1969

1929 D. H. Lawrence in Forum Jan. p. l/1 With the two kinds of femininity go two kinds of confidence: there are the women who are cocksure, and the women who are hensure.

1970 College Eng. 31 854 Ruffled and tittering She [sc. a female student] pokes her hensure beak Flutters her growing paunch Among hard-backed and festooned Colorful rows of print.

1997 S. Nalbantian Anaïs Nin x. 147 Secure in her biological self, ‘hen-sure’ as D.H. Lawrence somewhat sarcastically put it, she is economic by nature rather than by design.

2002 Nevada Law Jrnl. Winter 312 Client interests can surely be sacrificed to the interests of ‘cocksure’ counsel. But, on the other hand, are ‘hensure’ female counsel too unwilling to press a claim in the face of a..mediated resolution?

Derivatives

henˈsureness n. rare

ΚΠ

1929 D. H. Lawrence in Forum Jan. p. l/3 The lovely henny surety, the hensureness which is the real bliss of every female, has been denied her.

1933 A. Nin Diary 25 Mar. in R. Pole Incest (1993) 129 I awake out of my dreamworld only to act, with hensureness. Then I forget reality again and sink back into my world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hensure
释义	† hensuren. Forms: pre-1700 hensour, pre-1700 1800s hensure. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps < hens- (variant of hench- in henchman n., henchboy n.) + -our suffix, although the spelling in -ure is difficult to explain.Jamieson’s suggestion that the word means ‘giddy young fellow’ and is to be derived from early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic heimskr (Icelandic heimskur), Old Swedish hemsker (Swedish regional hemmsk), Old Danish hemsk, all in the sense ‘stupid, gullible’) is unconvincing. Scottish. Obsolete (archaic in later use). Meaning uncertain: perhaps originally ‘a retainer’ and in later use ‘a swaggering young man’. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > youth or young man > [noun] frumberdlingc1000 young manOE childc1225 hind1297 pagec1300 youtha1325 fawnc1369 swainc1386 stripling1398 boy1440 springaldc1450 jovencel1490 younkera1522 speara1529 gorrel1530 lad1535 hobbledehoy1540 cockerel1547 waga1556 spring1559 loonc1560 hensure1568 youngster1577 imp1578 pigsney1581 cocklinga1586 demy1589 muchacho1591 shaver1592 snipper-snappera1593 callant1597 spaught1598 stubble boy1598 ghillie1603 codling1612 cuba1616 skippera1616 man-boy1637 sprig1646 callow1651 halflang1660 stubbed boy1683 gossoon1684 gilpie1718 stirraha1722 young lion1792 halfling1794 pubescent1795 young man1810 sixteener1824 señorito1843 tad1845 boysie1846 shaveling1854 ephebe1880 boychick1921 lightie1946 young blood1967 studmuffin1986 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] followereOE youngereOE retenantc1390 suitora1398 waitera1500 retainer1508 pursuivant1513 villein1534 consequent1550 backmanc1560 janissary1565 jackman1566 hensure1568 belonger1577 lackey1588 sequent1598 pedissequant1607 henchman1754 gesith1861 ministerialis1888 1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 2654 in Wks. (1931) II. 250 Thir Iuglaris, Iestouris, and ydill hensouris, Thir cariowris, and thir quynte sensouris [1602 idill cuitchours]. 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 264 Ane haisty hensure callit hary quha wes ane archer heynd. 1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 7/1 The strength o' the Frenchman's wine would have floored the strongest hensure o' the Borders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). hensureadj. Brit. /ˌhɛnˈʃɔː/, /ˌhɛnˈʃʊə/, /ˈhɛnʃɔː/, /ˈhɛnʃʊə/, U.S. /ˌhɛnˈʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˈhɛnˌʃʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, sure adj. Etymology: < hen n.¹ + sure adj., humorously after cocksure adj. In and with reference to the writing of D. H. Lawrence: self-assured in conforming to traditionally feminine gender stereotypes, esp. in relying on instinct and intuition rather than ego and intellect. Cf. hen n.¹ 3a.Often in opposition to cocksure. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective] sickerc1100 bolda1300 surec1330 trist1340 certain1362 traista1400 tresta1400 ensurec1430 suredc1450 absolute1483 firm1483 resolute1501 assured1523 satisfied1533 unperplexed1558 unblanked1570 resolved1577 secure1578 clear1604 constant1611 ungravelled1611 confidenta1616 definitea1616 fearless1634 decretory1651 positive1658 unbrangled1671 cocksure1672 convinced1685 reliant1702 unbewildereda1807 positivistic1893 hensure1929 tooting1932 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective] > self-confident self-confiding1647 self-assured1668 self-possessed1766 aplomb1865 hensure1929 together1969 1929 D. H. Lawrence in Forum Jan. p. l/1 With the two kinds of femininity go two kinds of confidence: there are the women who are cocksure, and the women who are hensure. 1970 College Eng. 31 854 Ruffled and tittering She [sc. a female student] pokes her hensure beak Flutters her growing paunch Among hard-backed and festooned Colorful rows of print. 1997 S. Nalbantian Anaïs Nin x. 147 Secure in her biological self, ‘hen-sure’ as D.H. Lawrence somewhat sarcastically put it, she is economic by nature rather than by design. 2002 Nevada Law Jrnl. Winter 312 Client interests can surely be sacrificed to the interests of ‘cocksure’ counsel. But, on the other hand, are ‘hensure’ female counsel too unwilling to press a claim in the face of a..mediated resolution? Derivatives henˈsureness n. rare ΚΠ 1929 D. H. Lawrence in Forum Jan. p. l/3 The lovely henny surety, the hensureness which is the real bliss of every female, has been denied her. 1933 A. Nin Diary 25 Mar. in R. Pole Incest (1993) 129 I awake out of my dreamworld only to act, with hensureness. Then I forget reality again and sink back into my world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1568adj.1929
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