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单词 novio
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novion.

Brit. /ˈnəʊvɪəʊ/, /ˈnɒvɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊvioʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish novio.
Etymology: < Spanish novio (first half of the 13th cent. in sense ‘newly-wed’, first half of the 14th cent. in sense ‘betrothed’), perhaps < an unattested post-classical Latin derivative of classical Latin novus new adj. Compare Portuguese noivo (13th cent. as novio ), Catalan nuvi (late 13th cent. as novi ), Old Occitan novio (14th cent.; Occitan nòvi ). Compare novia n.
In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries and amongst Hispanic Americans: a boyfriend, a fiancé; a male lover. Cf. novia n.
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the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover
servantc1405
specialc1425
servitorc1450
love-lad1586
young man1589
inamorato1592
swainc1592
gentleman friend1667
enamorado1677
spark1707
beau?1720
Johnny1726
man friend1736
feller1842
novio1843
soupirant1849
fella1874
man1874
fellow1878
square-pusher1890
stud1895
papa1896
lover mana1905
boyfriend1906
daddy1912
lover-boy1925
sheikh1925
sweetback1929
sweet man1942
older man1951
boyf1990
1843 Southern Literary Messenger 9 480/2 He is the best looking mozo in all Galicia... If he had but a coat to his back, and did not go barefoot, I would accept him at once as a novio.
1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 331/2 He was her novio (betrothed), the señorita told me; but what a scandal!
1890 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 100/1 He becomes known as a novio, which is something half-way between an admirer and an accepted lover. A girl may have as many novios as she chooses to encourage.
1929 J. Langdon-Davies Dancing Catalans iii. 63 She had a ‘novio’, a bad young fisherman.
1950 G. Brenan Face of Spain xii. 249 They trip gaily along with their novio by their side.
1991 J. Kirkup Poet could not but be Gay (BNC) 152 Sometimes in the parks I see sweethearts, novios and novias,..walking sedately together.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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