spouselessadj.

Brit.

/ˈspaʊsləs/,

/ˈspaʊzləs/, U.S.

/ˈspaʊsləs/

Forms: see spouse n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spouse n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < spouse n. + -less suffix.

a. Of a person: having no spouse; bereaved or deprived of a spouse.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > without a spouse

makelessa1450

spouselessc1450

mateless1599

unmated1615

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 234 Broþerlees, spouselees, ful wrecchid y-wis.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xiii. 122 Here a husband fights, and there a father: Would you be spouselesse [L. viduae] (wiues) or fatherlesse.

1639 J. Sherburne tr. Ovid Heroical Epist. sig. C6^v With two children spouselesse left am I.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 315 To tempt the spouseless Queen with am'rous wiles, Resort the Nobles from the neighb'ring Isles.

1798 E. Young Wks. III. 38 Our spouseless bride, our widow'd wife, awakes.

1845 C. Wayth Trout Fishing 58 The spouseless sire apart in pensive mien, To hide the tearful eye was often seen.

1892 G. Meredith Sage Enamoured ii, in Poems (1898) I. 54 Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow.

1914 Chicago Heights Star 3 Dec. 1/2 Jimmy Oldenberg is spouseless just now, but has possession of his baby, and knows where his wife is.

1972 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 37 175 Being spouseless petrifies an individual's habits.

2010 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. wk12/3 Lots of spouseless parents do a great job of child rearing.

†b. figurative. Designating the Adriatic Sea. Obsolete.With allusion to the ancient ceremony in which the Adriatic and the Doge of Venice were symbolically married or betrothed. The last Doge abdicated in 1797, but a version of the ceremony was revived in the late 20th century.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > of northern hemisphere

Adriatical1549

Adrian1575

Adriatic1632

spouseless1818

Arctalian1885

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xi. 8 The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord.

1834 New-Eng. Mag. Sept. 220 Though the Adriatic is now ‘spouseless’, for more than six centuries these nuptials were annually renewed.

1885 Standard 15 May 5/1 The picturesque but practical gentlemen who row you about the streets of the Bride of the Spouseless Adriatic.

1897 M. Pemberton Christine of Hills 2 I let him lead me through the silent islands and the infinitely blue channels of the ‘spouseless sea’.

1904 J. Miller in Success Nov. 690/1 The boundless, spouseless, fearful sea Pursues the moon incessantly.

2. Characterized by the absence of a spouse.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > without a spouse > characterized by absence of spouse

spouseless1814

1814 W. Tennant Anster Fair (ed. 2) i. xv. 10 In spouseless solitude without a mate.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 583 She besought him by her spouseless fame.

1969 Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 10 323 The hypothesis that spouseless motherhood is psychologically more stressful than married motherhood.

2003 Z. Heller What was she Thinking? xiii. 199 It is bizarre..that spinsterhood is considered the uniquely pathetic destiny, when bachelors are the ones so fatally ill-equipped for a spouseless life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spouseless
释义	spouselessadj. Brit. /ˈspaʊsləs/, /ˈspaʊzləs/, U.S. /ˈspaʊsləs/ Forms: see spouse n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spouse n., -less suffix. Etymology: < spouse n. + -less suffix. 1. a. Of a person: having no spouse; bereaved or deprived of a spouse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > without a spouse makelessa1450 spouselessc1450 mateless1599 unmated1615 c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 234 Broþerlees, spouselees, ful wrecchid y-wis. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xiii. 122 Here a husband fights, and there a father: Would you be spouselesse [L. viduae] (wiues) or fatherlesse. 1639 J. Sherburne tr. Ovid Heroical Epist. sig. C6^v With two children spouselesse left am I. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 315 To tempt the spouseless Queen with am'rous wiles, Resort the Nobles from the neighb'ring Isles. 1798 E. Young Wks. III. 38 Our spouseless bride, our widow'd wife, awakes. 1845 C. Wayth Trout Fishing 58 The spouseless sire apart in pensive mien, To hide the tearful eye was often seen. 1892 G. Meredith Sage Enamoured ii, in Poems (1898) I. 54 Across his path the spouseless Lady cast Her shadow. 1914 Chicago Heights Star 3 Dec. 1/2 Jimmy Oldenberg is spouseless just now, but has possession of his baby, and knows where his wife is. 1972 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 37 175 Being spouseless petrifies an individual's habits. 2010 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. wk12/3 Lots of spouseless parents do a great job of child rearing. †b. figurative. Designating the Adriatic Sea. Obsolete.With allusion to the ancient ceremony in which the Adriatic and the Doge of Venice were symbolically married or betrothed. The last Doge abdicated in 1797, but a version of the ceremony was revived in the late 20th century. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [adjective] > of northern hemisphere Adriatical1549 Adrian1575 Adriatic1632 spouseless1818 Arctalian1885 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xi. 8 The spouseless Adriatic mourns her lord. 1834 New-Eng. Mag. Sept. 220 Though the Adriatic is now ‘spouseless’, for more than six centuries these nuptials were annually renewed. 1885 Standard 15 May 5/1 The picturesque but practical gentlemen who row you about the streets of the Bride of the Spouseless Adriatic. 1897 M. Pemberton Christine of Hills 2 I let him lead me through the silent islands and the infinitely blue channels of the ‘spouseless sea’. 1904 J. Miller in Success Nov. 690/1 The boundless, spouseless, fearful sea Pursues the moon incessantly. 2. Characterized by the absence of a spouse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective] > without a spouse > characterized by absence of spouse spouseless1814 1814 W. Tennant Anster Fair (ed. 2) i. xv. 10 In spouseless solitude without a mate. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 583 She besought him by her spouseless fame. 1969 Jrnl. Health & Social Behavior 10 323 The hypothesis that spouseless motherhood is psychologically more stressful than married motherhood. 2003 Z. Heller What was she Thinking? xiii. 199 It is bizarre..that spinsterhood is considered the uniquely pathetic destiny, when bachelors are the ones so fatally ill-equipped for a spouseless life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450
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