单词 | sposo |
释义 | sposon. Now somewhat rare. A husband; (occasionally also) a husband-to-be, a fiancé. Cf. sposa n. See also caro sposo n.In later use esp. in Italian-speaking contexts. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] > husband churla800 lordeOE werec893 husbanda1275 mana1325 masterc1325 sovereign1390 maritea1398 husbandman?a1439 goodman?1507 baron1595 spouse1604 husband of one's bosom1611 old man1673 hubby1682 sposo1741 hub1809 master-man1825 pot and pan1900 mister1931 DH1993 1741 H. Mann Let. 9 May in H. Walpole Corr. (1954) XVII. 40 The only news I know of the country..is that Bartolini..is sposo of Siristori's sister. 1744 H. Mann Let. 28 Apr. in H. Walpole Corr. (1954) XVIII. 435 There was a ball at Martelli's, the sposo's sister, last night. 1778 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 78 Hetty, who, with her sposo, was here to receive us. 1819 Ld. Byron Let. 30 July (1922) II. ix. 117 I have persuaded my contessa to put a side-saddle upon a pony of her sposo's. 1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xviii. 328 The gentleman who has the honour of being her intended sposo. 1887 Athenæum 21 May 670/2 Italian girlhood..has two sole points of interest, the sposo and the fashion plate. 1908 M. G. D. Bianchi Mod. Prometheus viii. 163 E verro [sic], kisses of a maiden betrothed belong to her sposo. 1920 in R. Firbank Princess Zoubaroff iii. i. 90 Nurse: It was in her establishment..I met my Albert. Angelo: Albert? Nurse: Mr Mangrove—my sposo. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. vii. 10/1 What would be left for the famous Alice and her perpetually hungry sposo to do if there were Michelin scouts combing the world for such elusive holy grails as the best gelati in Italy or fresh fish in the Caribbean? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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