old maidenn.

Brit.

/əʊl(d) ˈmeɪdn/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈmeɪd(ə)n/

Forms: see old adj. and maiden n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., maiden n.

Etymology: < old adj. + maiden n. Compare slightly earlier old maid n.

Now literary and poetic.

= old maid n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly

old maid1530

old maiden1566

pussock1622

ape-leader1652

thornback1694

spinster1719

tabby1748

virgin1759

tea-bottle1909

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlii. f. 131^v Thei left her in the keping of the old maiden, whom she loued aboue any other.

?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1565 Ye ar lyk ane old maden ye look aloft.

1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Boswell on Grand Tour (1953) I. 84 I knew the meaning of it, and yet repeated it several times to an old maiden in the company.

1775 Tender Father I. 139 This gentlewoman was an old maiden, and possessed many particularities.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. ii. 42 You, Sam, being a Papist, know Fairladies, and the old maidens, I dare say.

1869 ‘G. Eliot’ Coll. Poems (1989) 62 Here the three old maidens dwell, Agatha and Kate and Nell.

a1906 P. L. Dunbar Coll. Poetry (1993) 115 Decay eats up the book by stealth, While it, like some old maiden, solemnly, Hugs its incongruous virginity!

1956 W. Lewis Red Priest vi. 55 The service now had to be seen through the barbarous silhouettes produced by the scarlet and gold headdresses of these savage old maidens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old maiden
释义	old maidenn. Brit. /əʊl(d) ˈmeɪdn/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈmeɪd(ə)n/ Forms: see old adj. and maiden n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., maiden n. Etymology: < old adj. + maiden n. Compare slightly earlier old maid n. Now literary and poetic. = old maid n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly old maid1530 old maiden1566 pussock1622 ape-leader1652 thornback1694 spinster1719 tabby1748 virgin1759 tea-bottle1909 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlii. f. 131^v Thei left her in the keping of the old maiden, whom she loued aboue any other. ?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1565 Ye ar lyk ane old maden ye look aloft. 1764 J. Boswell Jrnl. 8 Sept. in Boswell on Grand Tour (1953) I. 84 I knew the meaning of it, and yet repeated it several times to an old maiden in the company. 1775 Tender Father I. 139 This gentlewoman was an old maiden, and possessed many particularities. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. ii. 42 You, Sam, being a Papist, know Fairladies, and the old maidens, I dare say. 1869 ‘G. Eliot’ Coll. Poems (1989) 62 Here the three old maidens dwell, Agatha and Kate and Nell. a1906 P. L. Dunbar Coll. Poetry (1993) 115 Decay eats up the book by stealth, While it, like some old maiden, solemnly, Hugs its incongruous virginity! 1956 W. Lewis Red Priest vi. 55 The service now had to be seen through the barbarous silhouettes produced by the scarlet and gold headdresses of these savage old maidens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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