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单词 hussy
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hussyn.

Brit. /ˈhʌsi/, /ˈhʌzi/, U.S. /ˈhəzi/, /ˈhəsi/
Forms: Also 1600s hussie, huzzie, 1600s–1800s huzzy, 1700s–1800s hussey, Scottish hizzie.
Etymology: A phonetic reduction of housewife n.
1. The mistress of a household; a thrifty woman: = housewife n. 1. Obsolete.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of household > woman
ladyeOE
house lady?c1225
housewifec1225
goodwifec1275
mistressa1375
hussy1530
madam1647
goodya1680
housemistress1689
the Mrs1821
housemother1822
miesiesa1931
1530 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) 30 Na seruandis [shall] tak vther clathis than thar masteris and husseis and thar hous~haldis clathis to wesche.
1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty l. 20 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 320 Dame ȝe mon to þe pluch to morne I salbe hussy gif I may.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 289 Her being so good a Hussy of what Money I had left her.
1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 98 His loud hussey, in her cobbled suit..Screams through the village.
2. A rustic, rude, opprobrious, or playfully rude mode of addressing a woman.
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1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 7 [To a mare] You are mistaken Hussy.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads iii. 47 Then Venus vext, Hussie (said she) no more Provoke my anger.
1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 56 Yes Huzzy, and you shall be serviceable to me in the matter.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. viii. 61 Hussy,..I will make such a saucy Trollop as yourself, know that I am not a proper Subject of your Discourse. View more context for this quotation
1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 235 Meg, ye idle hizzy..your pat is no on yet.
3. Formerly: (in some rural districts) a woman, a lass; (hence) a strong country woman; a woman of low social status. Also: a disreputable woman of improper behaviour, or of light or worthless character; a badly-behaved, pert, or mischievous girl; a minx. Also humorous.The pejorative sense was at first mostly with qualification (light, etc.), or contextual.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person > girl or woman
viragoc1386
slut?c1425
ramp?c1450
limmerc1485
rannell1573
minx?1576
Mistress Minx1576
rampant1641
hussy1647
tittup1696
skelpie-limmer1786
madam1787
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiv. 8) Such another hussy as this was dame Alice Pierce, a concubine to our Edward III.
1685 J. Crowne Sir Courtly Nice i. 8 You talk of paltry husses.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 242. ⁋3 The young Husseys would persuade me, that to believe one's Eyes is a sure way to be deceived.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 56 No, Miss; you are very light; but I don't say, you are a light Hussy.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 117 I, like a little proud Hussy, looked in the Glass, and thought myself a Gentlewoman.
1775 F. Burney Let. 24 Apr. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 113 He..patted my Cheek, & genteely called me a little Hussey.
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xi, in Poems 14 Buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies.
1795 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1892) XIII. 158 A more..impudent huzzy, is not to be found in the United States.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vii. 152 The naughtier the little huzzy behaved, the prettier she looked.
1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn x That bonnetless, bold hussey round that corner.
4. A case for needles, thread, etc.: = housewife n. 4. Obsolete.
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1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 159 So I..dropt purposely my Hussy.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. ix. 257 A better rope than the string of a lady's hussey.

Compounds

hussy-case n. Obsolete = sense 4.
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1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 27 I have seen the Queen, which gave me a hussy case out of her own hand.
hussy make n. Obsolete (cf. housewife's cloth n. at housewife n. Compounds 2).
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15.. Aberd. Reg. V. 16 (Jam.) Ane pair of schetis of ten elne of hussy mak.

Derivatives

ˈhussy v. (transitive) to call ‘hussy’.
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1694 J. Crowne Married Beau iv. 49 Mrs. Lo. Begone. Lio. Begone? I wo'not be so snap'd. Mrs. Lo. You won't, Hussy? Lio. I won't be Hussyed neither.
ˈhussydom n. the realm or aggregate of hussies.
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1865 Athenæum No. 1981. 499/1 The blackguardism and hussydom of London.
1881 J. Doran Drury Lane II. 147 The leaders of fashion and the gaudiest flowers of husseydom.
ˈhussyness n. the character of a hussy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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