old-maidshipn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdʃɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old maid n., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < old maid n. + -ship suffix. Compare old-maidenship n., old-maidenism n., old-maidism n., old-maidery 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

1804 S. T. Coleridge Let. 15 Feb. (2000) 1603 Poetry..[is] a poor Trade, which Buchanan assigns as a reason for the old maidship of the 9 Muses—they had no dowries.

1861 Sat. Rev. 20 July 63 Till..the chilling threshold of old maidship has been reached.

2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. a10 Her purpose seems to be to give Fanny less hard a life than Austen did while leading her to the brink of old-maidship before setting things right.

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

单词	old-maidship
释义	old-maidshipn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdʃɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old maid n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < old maid n. + -ship suffix. Compare old-maidenship n., old-maidenism n., old-maidism n., old-maidery 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 1804 S. T. Coleridge Let. 15 Feb. (2000) 1603 Poetry..[is] a poor Trade, which Buchanan assigns as a reason for the old maidship of the 9 Muses—they had no dowries. 1861 Sat. Rev. 20 July 63 Till..the chilling threshold of old maidship has been reached. 2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 18 Apr. a10 Her purpose seems to be to give Fanny less hard a life than Austen did while leading her to the brink of old-maidship before setting things right. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804
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