only childn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊnlɪ ˌtʃʌɪld/, U.S.

/ˈoʊnli ˈtʃaɪld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: only adj., child n.

Etymology: < only adj. + child n.

Preceded by an or (without article) in plural: a child having no siblings. Cf. only adj. 2c.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > only child

only child1655

parlour child1874

only1931

singleton1931

1655 W. Sales Theophania vi. 155 Her care of my education was such as suited to the tenderness of a mother of an only child.

1683 London Jilt i. 10 To be an only Child, and to be rendred wanton, are two things which cannot be well separated.

1719 J. Barker Bosvil & Galesia 20 He wonder'd that he, being an only Child, and Heir to a considerable Estate, besides his growing Practice in the Law, did not fix on a Wife.

1793 S. Rowson Inquisitor (new ed.) III. 152 My heroine is beautiful, accomplished, and rich; an only child, and surrounded by admirers.

1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 30 Nov. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 227 Annabella..is..an only child, and a savante, who has always had her own way.

1821 Ld. Byron Diary in Note to Juan i. xxxvii My wife..and myself are..only children.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xi. 163 An only child, the last of a line; hugest Heiress now going.

1874 Temple Bar Oct. 346 Such an only child used to be called ‘a parlour child’, to denote that there was more intercourse between child and parent than exists in a ‘nursery child’, to whom the nurse seems his natural guide and ruler.

1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise xviii. 189 I had already got used to being an only child, and enjoyed playing by myself.

1988 T. Ferris Coming of Age in Milky Way (1989) i. vi. 104 Newton was an only child, the posthumous son of an illiterate yeoman.

2006 A. Quart in D. Siegel & D. Uviller Only Child 62 Being the only child gave me a distinct feeling that I was nearly unborn.

Derivatives

only-ˈchildish adj. of or characteristic of an only child.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > only child

one-gottena1382

one-begottenc1384

only-begotten?a1425

only1483

only-born1567

only-childish1938

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. ii. 341 A face at a window for no reason is a face that should have a thumb in its mouth: there is something only-childish about it.

only-ˈchildishness n. the character or behaviour of an only child.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of only child

unigeniture1887

only-childism1912

only-childishness1928

1928 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 11/6 Dr. Gillespie alluded to ‘Only childishness’... It had been suggested that only children were peculiarly liable to become neurotic.

1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day iii. 57 Anything that savoured of only-childishness.

only-ˈchildism n. the fact or state of being an only child (in quot. 1927 figurative).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of only child

unigeniture1887

only-childism1912

only-childishness1928

1912 E. C. Mayne Byron II. ix. 216 The tendency in his family to ‘only childism’.

1927 Times 29 Dec. 7/3 They might come to speak, not of drink, but of ‘only-childism’, as the greatest curse of this country.

2003 K. S. Szabó in E. Adamiak et al. Theol. Women's Stud. 111 Struggling against ‘only-childism’ and in defence of mother and baby.

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

单词	only child
释义	only childn. Brit. /ˈəʊnlɪ ˌtʃʌɪld/, U.S. /ˈoʊnli ˈtʃaɪld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: only adj., child n. Etymology: < only adj. + child n. Preceded by an or (without article) in plural: a child having no siblings. Cf. only adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > only child only child1655 parlour child1874 only1931 singleton1931 1655 W. Sales Theophania vi. 155 Her care of my education was such as suited to the tenderness of a mother of an only child. 1683 London Jilt i. 10 To be an only Child, and to be rendred wanton, are two things which cannot be well separated. 1719 J. Barker Bosvil & Galesia 20 He wonder'd that he, being an only Child, and Heir to a considerable Estate, besides his growing Practice in the Law, did not fix on a Wife. 1793 S. Rowson Inquisitor (new ed.) III. 152 My heroine is beautiful, accomplished, and rich; an only child, and surrounded by admirers. 1813 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 30 Nov. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 227 Annabella..is..an only child, and a savante, who has always had her own way. 1821 Ld. Byron Diary in Note to Juan i. xxxvii My wife..and myself are..only children. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xi. 163 An only child, the last of a line; hugest Heiress now going. 1874 Temple Bar Oct. 346 Such an only child used to be called ‘a parlour child’, to denote that there was more intercourse between child and parent than exists in a ‘nursery child’, to whom the nurse seems his natural guide and ruler. 1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise xviii. 189 I had already got used to being an only child, and enjoyed playing by myself. 1988 T. Ferris Coming of Age in Milky Way (1989) i. vi. 104 Newton was an only child, the posthumous son of an illiterate yeoman. 2006 A. Quart in D. Siegel & D. Uviller Only Child 62 Being the only child gave me a distinct feeling that I was nearly unborn. Derivatives only-ˈchildish adj. of or characteristic of an only child. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > only child one-gottena1382 one-begottenc1384 only-begotten?a1425 only1483 only-born1567 only-childish1938 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart iii. ii. 341 A face at a window for no reason is a face that should have a thumb in its mouth: there is something only-childish about it. only-ˈchildishness n. the character or behaviour of an only child. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of only child unigeniture1887 only-childism1912 only-childishness1928 1928 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 11/6 Dr. Gillespie alluded to ‘Only childishness’... It had been suggested that only children were peculiarly liable to become neurotic. 1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day iii. 57 Anything that savoured of only-childishness. only-ˈchildism n. the fact or state of being an only child (in quot. 1927 figurative). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of only child unigeniture1887 only-childism1912 only-childishness1928 1912 E. C. Mayne Byron II. ix. 216 The tendency in his family to ‘only childism’. 1927 Times 29 Dec. 7/3 They might come to speak, not of drink, but of ‘only-childism’, as the greatest curse of this country. 2003 K. S. Szabó in E. Adamiak et al. Theol. Women's Stud. 111 Struggling against ‘only-childism’ and in defence of mother and baby. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655
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