old-maidenhoodn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdnhʊd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdnˌ(h)ʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old maiden n., -hood suffix.

Etymology: < old maiden n. + -hood suffix, after maidenhood n. Compare old-maidenship n., old-maidenism n., old-maidism n., old-maidery n., old-maidship n.

= old-maidhood n.

ΘΚΠ

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

old-maidenism1783

old-maidenship1784

tabbyhood1797

old-maidship1804

old-maidenhood1845

spinsterhood1863

old-maiddom1871

old-maidhood1871

1845 Mrs. Johnstone Edinb. Tales I. 62 That natural vocation to the serenity of old maidenhood, which some women really have.

1889 C. M. Yonge Reputed Changeling II. xxvii. 184 Old maidenhood came earlier then than in these days.

1938 D. C. Peattie Prairie Grove xxiii. 158 Their fears for her hovered between the possibility of a decline and old maidenhood.

2001 OptiMSt (Nexis) 30 June 10 Eventually she is ‘tamed’ by the good man Petruchio and thus saved from a miserable life of old maidenhood.

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

单词	old-maidenhood
释义	old-maidenhoodn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdnhʊd/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdnˌ(h)ʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old maiden n., -hood suffix. Etymology: < old maiden n. + -hood suffix, after maidenhood n. Compare old-maidenship n., old-maidenism n., old-maidism n., old-maidery n., old-maidship n. = old-maidhood n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly > condition of old-maidenism1783 old-maidenship1784 tabbyhood1797 old-maidship1804 old-maidenhood1845 spinsterhood1863 old-maiddom1871 old-maidhood1871 1845 Mrs. Johnstone Edinb. Tales I. 62 That natural vocation to the serenity of old maidenhood, which some women really have. 1889 C. M. Yonge Reputed Changeling II. xxvii. 184 Old maidenhood came earlier then than in these days. 1938 D. C. Peattie Prairie Grove xxiii. 158 Their fears for her hovered between the possibility of a decline and old maidenhood. 2001 OptiMSt (Nexis) 30 June 10 Eventually she is ‘tamed’ by the good man Petruchio and thus saved from a miserable life of old maidenhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1845
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