lassn.

Brit.

/las/, U.S.

/læs/

Forms: Middle English las, lasce, Middle English–1600s lasse, 1500s Scottish lase, 1500s– lass.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse *lasqar.

Etymology: Middle English lasce, las(se; perhaps < prehistoric Old Norse *lasqa, weak feminine of *lasqar unmarried: compare Middle Swedish lösk kona unmarried woman.The adjective means primarily ‘free from ties’; hence the above sense and those of ‘unoccupied’, ‘having no fixed abode’, which are also recorded in Middle Swedish. The Icelandic lǫsk-r occurs only in the sense ‘idle, weak’. The phonology of the English word, according to the above conjecture, is somewhat difficult; but the same sound-change occurs in other northern forms, as ass for *ask (ashes), asse for ask v., buss for busk.

a. A girl.In northern and north midland dialects the ordinary word; in the southern counties it has little or no popular currency.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]

maiden-childeOE

maidenOE

maidc1275

maid-childc1275

wenchc1290

thernec1300

lassc1325

maidenkinc1330

child-womana1382

girlc1400

pucelle1439

maidkin1440

mawther1440

mop1466

woman-child?1515

bonnea1529

urchina1535

kinchin-mort1567

dandiprat1582

prill1587

sluta1592

little girl1603

maggie1603

tendril1603

squall1607

childa1616

filly1616

vriester1652

miss1668

gilpie1720

lassie1725

laddess1768

jeune fillea1777

bitch1785

girly?1786

gal1795

ladyling1807

missikin1815

colleen1828

girleen1833

snowdrop1833

pinafore1836

chica1843

fillette1847

charity-girl1848

urchiness1852

Mädchen1854

gel1857

pusill1884

backfisch1888

girly-girly1888

cliner1895

tittie1918

weeny1929

bobby-soxer1944

c1325 Metr. Hom. 39 Bifor him com a fair yong lasce That Herodias dohter was.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2608 Til abram þan dame sare said, ‘Yone lasce..For-þi þat sco has barn o þe, Als in despit sco haldes me’.

a1400–50 Alexander 3746 If any consaue þar a knaf þan kepis him his modire..Vij ȝere with-in oure-selfe... And be scho lyuir of a lasse scho lengis in our burȝe.

c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 632 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 241 Medyature als wes he betwene ws & þe trinite. ȝet he, þat of sic uertu wes, wes gefine til a lurdan las.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.iii^v The mony for theyr masses Spent amonge wanton lasses.

1599 George a Greene sig. D2 He that is olde, and marries with a lasse, Lies but at home, and prooues himselfe an asse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 156 This is the prettiest Low-borne Lasse, that euer Ran on the greene-sord.

1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands ii. 47 A goodly theater, where rocks are round; With reverend age, and lovely lasses crown'd.

1672 Westm. Drollery ii. 80 Come lasses and lads Take leave of your Dadds And away to the May-pole hey.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 80 The lass i' the red petticoat shall pay for all..meaning..a wife with a good portion.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 8 Pray which is the little Lass that intends to be a Gentlewoman?

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. iii. 36 Let the toast pass, drink to the lass.

1801 Har'st Rig (ed. 2) xcviii. 31 The Highland lasses raise the song, In music wild, and sweet, and strong.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) viii. 266 But One is here, the loveliest of them all, Some sweet Lass of the Valley.

1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 49 You are a good and warm-hearted lass, Jenny.

b. spec. A maid-servant. Scottish and northern dialect.

ΚΠ

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 339 Lass, the vulgar name of a maid-servant.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 350 As far as the lass has cash or credit, to procure braws, she will, step by step, follow hard after what she deems grand and fine in her betters.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 101 It will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room.

c. Applied playfully as a form of address to a mare or a bitch. Cf. girl n. 2 ¶.

ΚΠ

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iv. viii. 332 ‘Art hurt, lass?’ asked Dick, as she [sc. Bess] shook herself, and slightly shivered.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 188 ‘Hi, Juno, lass—hi, old girl; down, Daph, down’, said Wardle, caressing the dogs.

d. A female member of the Salvation Army.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > female

Hallelujah Lass1878

lass1886

Salvation lassie1891

poke bonnet1899

lassie1906

1886 War Cry 9 Oct. 9/4 Cadets to be grouped together in Brigades..Lads or Lasses, as the case may be.

1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. vi. 55 Our two lasses go unharmed and loved at all hours.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 171 Bill Walker,..having assaulted the Salvation Lass,..finds himself overwhelmed with an intolerable conviction of sin.

1967 W. S. Smith London Heretics iii. v. 238 In 1879 two of General Booth's lasses arrived in the Quaker stronghold of Darlington.

2. A lady-love, a sweetheart. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend

lief971

ladya1393

ladyshipa1393

speciala1400

amiec1400

womanc1400

amoreta1425

mistressc1425

paramoura1450

fair ladya1470

girl?a1513

sooterkin1530

Tib1533

she1547

lady-love1568

jug1569

young lady1584

pigeon1592

love-lass1594

lass1596

dowsabel1612

swainling1615

lucky1629

Dulcinea1638

Lindabrides1640

inamorata1651

baby1684

best girl1691

lady friend1733

young woman1822

moll1823

querida1834

sheila1839

bint1855

tart1864

babykins1870

Dona1874

novia1874

fancy-girl1892

girlfriend1892

cliner1895

tootsy1895

dinah1898

best1904

twist and twirl1905

jane1906

kitten1908

patootie1918

meisie1919

bride1924

gf1925

jelly1931

sort1933

a bit (also piece) of homework1945

beast1946

queen1955

momma1964

mi'jita1970

her indoors1979

girlf1991

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb3^v And eke that Lady his faire louely lasse .

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 15 It was a Louer, and his lasse .

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 106 The youthfull Bull..Forsakes his Food, and pining for the Lass, Is joyless of the Grove.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 36 There might ye see..the shepherd and his lass.

1788 R. Galloway Poems 90 The lads upon their lasses ca'd, To see gin they were dress'd.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as lass-quean (dialect); † lass-lorn adj. Obsolete forsaken by one's lass or sweetheart.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > languishing for or with love > forsaken by one's sweetheart

lass-lorna1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 68 Thy broome-groues; Whose shadow the dismissed Batchelor loues, Being lasse-lorne.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 195 Ask the lass-quean there, if it isna a fundamental rule in my household.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lass
释义	lassn. Brit. /las/, U.S. /læs/ Forms: Middle English las, lasce, Middle English–1600s lasse, 1500s Scottish lase, 1500s– lass. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse lasqar. Etymology: Middle English lasce, las(se; perhaps < prehistoric Old Norse lasqa, weak feminine of lasqar unmarried: compare Middle Swedish lösk kona* unmarried woman.The adjective means primarily ‘free from ties’; hence the above sense and those of ‘unoccupied’, ‘having no fixed abode’, which are also recorded in Middle Swedish. The Icelandic lǫsk-r occurs only in the sense ‘idle, weak’. The phonology of the English word, according to the above conjecture, is somewhat difficult; but the same sound-change occurs in other northern forms, as ass for ask (ashes), asse* for ask v., buss for busk. 1. a. A girl.In northern and north midland dialects the ordinary word; in the southern counties it has little or no popular currency. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] maiden-childeOE maidenOE maidc1275 maid-childc1275 wenchc1290 thernec1300 lassc1325 maidenkinc1330 child-womana1382 girlc1400 pucelle1439 maidkin1440 mawther1440 mop1466 woman-child?1515 bonnea1529 urchina1535 kinchin-mort1567 dandiprat1582 prill1587 sluta1592 little girl1603 maggie1603 tendril1603 squall1607 childa1616 filly1616 vriester1652 miss1668 gilpie1720 lassie1725 laddess1768 jeune fillea1777 bitch1785 girly?1786 gal1795 ladyling1807 missikin1815 colleen1828 girleen1833 snowdrop1833 pinafore1836 chica1843 fillette1847 charity-girl1848 urchiness1852 Mädchen1854 gel1857 pusill1884 backfisch1888 girly-girly1888 cliner1895 tittie1918 weeny1929 bobby-soxer1944 c1325 Metr. Hom. 39 Bifor him com a fair yong lasce That Herodias dohter was. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2608 Til abram þan dame sare said, ‘Yone lasce..For-þi þat sco has barn o þe, Als in despit sco haldes me’. a1400–50 Alexander 3746 If any consaue þar a knaf þan kepis him his modire..Vij ȝere with-in oure-selfe... And be scho lyuir of a lasse scho lengis in our burȝe. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 632 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 241 Medyature als wes he betwene ws & þe trinite. ȝet he, þat of sic uertu wes, wes gefine til a lurdan las. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. B.iii^v The mony for theyr masses Spent amonge wanton lasses. 1599 George a Greene sig. D2 He that is olde, and marries with a lasse, Lies but at home, and prooues himselfe an asse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 156 This is the prettiest Low-borne Lasse, that euer Ran on the greene-sord. View more context for this quotation 1645 E. Waller Battle of Summer-Islands ii. 47 A goodly theater, where rocks are round; With reverend age, and lovely lasses crown'd. 1672 Westm. Drollery ii. 80 Come lasses and lads Take leave of your Dadds And away to the May-pole hey. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 80 The lass i' the red petticoat shall pay for all..meaning..a wife with a good portion. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 8 Pray which is the little Lass that intends to be a Gentlewoman? 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. iii. 36 Let the toast pass, drink to the lass. 1801 Har'st Rig (ed. 2) xcviii. 31 The Highland lasses raise the song, In music wild, and sweet, and strong. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) viii. 266 But One is here, the loveliest of them all, Some sweet Lass of the Valley. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 49 You are a good and warm-hearted lass, Jenny. b. spec. A maid-servant. Scottish and northern dialect. ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 339 Lass, the vulgar name of a maid-servant. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VIII. 350 As far as the lass has cash or credit, to procure braws, she will, step by step, follow hard after what she deems grand and fine in her betters. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 101 It will may be no be sae weel to speak about it while that lang-lugged limmer o' a lass is gaun flisking in and out o' the room. c. Applied playfully as a form of address to a mare or a bitch. Cf. girl n. 2 ¶. ΚΠ 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iv. viii. 332 ‘Art hurt, lass?’ asked Dick, as she [sc. Bess] shook herself, and slightly shivered. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xix. 188 ‘Hi, Juno, lass—hi, old girl; down, Daph, down’, said Wardle, caressing the dogs. d. A female member of the Salvation Army. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > female Hallelujah Lass1878 lass1886 Salvation lassie1891 poke bonnet1899 lassie1906 1886 War Cry 9 Oct. 9/4 Cadets to be grouped together in Brigades..Lads or Lasses, as the case may be. 1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. i. vi. 55 Our two lasses go unharmed and loved at all hours. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 171 Bill Walker,..having assaulted the Salvation Lass,..finds himself overwhelmed with an intolerable conviction of sin. 1967 W. S. Smith London Heretics iii. v. 238 In 1879 two of General Booth's lasses arrived in the Quaker stronghold of Darlington. 2. A lady-love, a sweetheart. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > one who is loved or a sweetheart > specifically a female sweetheart or girlfriend lief971 ladya1393 ladyshipa1393 speciala1400 amiec1400 womanc1400 amoreta1425 mistressc1425 paramoura1450 fair ladya1470 girl?a1513 sooterkin1530 Tib1533 she1547 lady-love1568 jug1569 young lady1584 pigeon1592 love-lass1594 lass1596 dowsabel1612 swainling1615 lucky1629 Dulcinea1638 Lindabrides1640 inamorata1651 baby1684 best girl1691 lady friend1733 young woman1822 moll1823 querida1834 sheila1839 bint1855 tart1864 babykins1870 Dona1874 novia1874 fancy-girl1892 girlfriend1892 cliner1895 tootsy1895 dinah1898 best1904 twist and twirl1905 jane1906 kitten1908 patootie1918 meisie1919 bride1924 gf1925 jelly1931 sort1933 a bit (also piece) of homework1945 beast1946 queen1955 momma1964 mi'jita1970 her indoors1979 girlf1991 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb3^v And eke that Lady his faire louely lasse . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iii. 15 It was a Louer, and his lasse . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 106 The youthfull Bull..Forsakes his Food, and pining for the Lass, Is joyless of the Grove. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 36 There might ye see..the shepherd and his lass. 1788 R. Galloway Poems 90 The lads upon their lasses ca'd, To see gin they were dress'd. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as lass-quean (dialect); † lass-lorn adj. Obsolete forsaken by one's lass or sweetheart. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > languishing for or with love > forsaken by one's sweetheart lass-lorna1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 68 Thy broome-groues; Whose shadow the dismissed Batchelor loues, Being lasse-lorne. View more context for this quotation 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 195 Ask the lass-quean there, if it isna a fundamental rule in my household. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1325
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