henpeckn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛnpɛk/, U.S.

/ˈhɛnˌpɛk/

Etymology: < henpeck v.

colloquial.

a. A man who is continually criticized or ordered about by his wife or female partner; a henpecked husband. Now rare.In quot. 1711 as the surname of a henpecked husband.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > henpecked husband

John Thomson's man?a1513

Tom Tiler1582

henpeck1711

jerry-sneak1820

monkey-man1840

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 211. ¶10 Yours till Death, Josiah Henpeck. P. S. You must know I am Married to a Grimalkin.

1732 Universal Spectator 2 Sept. The stoutest Heroes, as well as the greatest Henpecks, have suffer'd much.

1756 Repository 135 Nevertheless Bull being one of the ancient family of the hen-pecks, he is forced for peace and quietness sake, to wink hard, and hold his tongue.

1765 D. Garrick Let. 23 May in Private Corr. (1831) I. 185 More of the sneaking hen-peck, than of the tender enamoured husband.

1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 276/2 The moment he allows the emphasis to swing the other way he becomes a sit-by-the-fire, a cockerel, a drone, a henpeck.

1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man vii. 246 What a hen peck ye're turnin' me into.

b. A woman who continually criticizes or nags her husband or male partner, or orders him about; a domineering wife. rare.

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

archwifec1386

grey mare1700

henpeck1730

1730 Daily Post 30 June (advt.) A Defence of Hen-pecks: Or, All the World and his Wife... The Courts of England from Rosamond to ——; how far under the Discipline of the Hen-peck.

c1801 T. Selwyn Warning to Batchelors (MS poem) ix, in N.E.D. (1898) Their Mac Tabs & their Henpecks may prate as they please.

1991 R. A. Jamieson Day at Office 141 The chess pieces had been depicted like cartoon characters and the queen was the archetypal henpeck, with a wee king half her size.

2. The fact or experience of being henpecked; henpecking. rare.

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

henpeck1833

1833 T. Carlyle in Foreign & Q. Rev. Apr. 280 Dying of heartbreak, coupled with henpeck.

2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 July 11 Life with that shrew would be the total hen peck.

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

henpeckv.

Brit.

/ˈhɛnpɛk/, U.S.

/ˈhɛnˌpɛk/

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + peck v.¹, after henpecked adj.

colloquial.

transitive. Of a woman: to criticize or nag (one's husband or male partner) continually; to order (one's husband or male partner) about in a manner regarded as domineering; (also occasionally) to behave in a similar way towards (one's father, son, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [verb (transitive)] > domineer over husband

henpeck1677

pussy-whip1968

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Z/3 To Hen-peck, gouverner son mari, en étre le maitre, le battre.

1683 P. Rycaut tr. Plutarch Compar. Numa with Lycurgus in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I. 268 This manner of Habit gave the Women such confidence, that they hen-peck'd their Husbands.

1688 New Litany for Holy Time of Lent (single sheet) From being Hen-peckt worse at Home..Libera nos.

1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 52. ⁋3 An uxorious Gentleman, who is sometimes a little Henpecked by his Wife.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xxii. 14 But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual..have they not hen-peck'd you all?

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. vii. 163 That my lady was jealous, and henpecked my lord.

1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 247/2 The poor Colonel! After his wife, he had been henpecked by his little daughter.

1914 L. Woolf Wise Virgins (2003) iii. 46 He will have married a big-bosomed strapping wench who will henpeck him finely.

1994 P. Baker Blood Posse iv. 41 Nathan's father was resigned to the bottle and constantly henpecked by his wife.

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

单词	henpeck
释义	henpeckn. Brit. /ˈhɛnpɛk/, U.S. /ˈhɛnˌpɛk/ Etymology: < henpeck v. colloquial. 1. a. A man who is continually criticized or ordered about by his wife or female partner; a henpecked husband. Now rare.In quot. 1711 as the surname of a henpecked husband. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband > henpecked husband John Thomson's man?a1513 Tom Tiler1582 henpeck1711 jerry-sneak1820 monkey-man1840 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 211. ¶10 Yours till Death, Josiah Henpeck. P. S. You must know I am Married to a Grimalkin. 1732 Universal Spectator 2 Sept. The stoutest Heroes, as well as the greatest Henpecks, have suffer'd much. 1756 Repository 135 Nevertheless Bull being one of the ancient family of the hen-pecks, he is forced for peace and quietness sake, to wink hard, and hold his tongue. 1765 D. Garrick Let. 23 May in Private Corr. (1831) I. 185 More of the sneaking hen-peck, than of the tender enamoured husband. 1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 276/2 The moment he allows the emphasis to swing the other way he becomes a sit-by-the-fire, a cockerel, a drone, a henpeck. 1985 W. McIlvanney Big Man vii. 246 What a hen peck ye're turnin' me into. b. A woman who continually criticizes or nags her husband or male partner, or orders him about; a domineering wife. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > domineering wife archwifec1386 grey mare1700 henpeck1730 1730 Daily Post 30 June (advt.) A Defence of Hen-pecks: Or, All the World and his Wife... The Courts of England from Rosamond to ——; how far under the Discipline of the Hen-peck. c1801 T. Selwyn Warning to Batchelors (MS poem) ix, in N.E.D. (1898) Their Mac Tabs & their Henpecks may prate as they please. 1991 R. A. Jamieson Day at Office 141 The chess pieces had been depicted like cartoon characters and the queen was the archetypal henpeck, with a wee king half her size. 2. The fact or experience of being henpecked; henpecking. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > domineering wife > action of henpeck1833 1833 T. Carlyle in Foreign & Q. Rev. Apr. 280 Dying of heartbreak, coupled with henpeck. 2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 July 11 Life with that shrew would be the total hen peck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). henpeckv. Brit. /ˈhɛnpɛk/, U.S. /ˈhɛnˌpɛk/ Etymology: < hen n.¹ + peck v.¹, after henpecked adj. colloquial. transitive. Of a woman: to criticize or nag (one's husband or male partner) continually; to order (one's husband or male partner) about in a manner regarded as domineering; (also occasionally) to behave in a similar way towards (one's father, son, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [verb (transitive)] > domineer over husband henpeck1677 pussy-whip1968 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Z/3 To Hen-peck, gouverner son mari, en étre le maitre, le battre. 1683 P. Rycaut tr. Plutarch Compar. Numa with Lycurgus in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I. 268 This manner of Habit gave the Women such confidence, that they hen-peck'd their Husbands. 1688 New Litany for Holy Time of Lent (single sheet) From being Hen-peckt worse at Home..Libera nos. 1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 52. ⁋3 An uxorious Gentleman, who is sometimes a little Henpecked by his Wife. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I xxii. 14 But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual..have they not hen-peck'd you all? 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. vii. 163 That my lady was jealous, and henpecked my lord. 1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 247/2 The poor Colonel! After his wife, he had been henpecked by his little daughter. 1914 L. Woolf Wise Virgins (2003) iii. 46 He will have married a big-bosomed strapping wench who will henpeck him finely. 1994 P. Baker Blood Posse iv. 41 Nathan's father was resigned to the bottle and constantly henpecked by his wife. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711v.1677
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