housemaidenhoodn.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsmeɪdnhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪdnˌ(h)ʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, maidenhood n.

Etymology: < house n.¹ + maidenhood n., after housemaid n. Compare earlier housemaidenly adj. N.E.D. (1899) gives a secondary stress on the second syllable.

rare.

1. The condition, state, or practice of working as a housemaid.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid

housemaid1673

nan1725

mop-squeezer?1758

housemaidenhood1874

1874 All Year Round 19 Sept. 538/1 Ann took cinders, coal, sticks, and paper, and ‘laid’ them..; but that might have been the worst principle in house-maidenhood, for all the chance we had of testing it.

1921 Freeman 19 Jan. 453/2 Authentic small investors are exhibited, including a housemaid who achieved house-maidenhood because her husband had two rubber plantations in Mexico.

†2. The honour of a housemaid. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1877 W. Besant & J. Rice in Graphic 15 Dec. 566/2 The domestic mop used to be..a weapon for the defence of housemaidenhood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	housemaidenhood
释义	housemaidenhoodn. Brit. /ˈhaʊsmeɪdnhʊd/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪdnˌ(h)ʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, maidenhood n. Etymology: < house n.¹ + maidenhood n., after housemaid n. Compare earlier housemaidenly adj. N.E.D. (1899) gives a secondary stress on the second syllable. rare. 1. The condition, state, or practice of working as a housemaid. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > maid or housemaid housemaid1673 nan1725 mop-squeezer?1758 housemaidenhood1874 1874 All Year Round 19 Sept. 538/1 Ann took cinders, coal, sticks, and paper, and ‘laid’ them..; but that might have been the worst principle in house-maidenhood, for all the chance we had of testing it. 1921 Freeman 19 Jan. 453/2 Authentic small investors are exhibited, including a housemaid who achieved house-maidenhood because her husband had two rubber plantations in Mexico. †2. The honour of a housemaid. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1877 W. Besant & J. Rice in Graphic 15 Dec. 566/2 The domestic mop used to be..a weapon for the defence of housemaidenhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1874
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