spinsterhoodn.

Etymology: < spinster n. 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspinsterhood.

1. The condition of being an unmarried woman or old maid.

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

virginityship1741

spinstry1784

spinstership1816

spinsterism1818

spinsterhood1823

singlehood1840

spinsterdom1879

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

1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. i. vi. 61 It must have required the tact of a very Beau Nash to detect in her appearance the smallest symptom of spinsterhood.

1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston ii. 28 He married..a tall, staid, self-reliant creature, verging on spinsterhood.

1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 6 In antiquity these coins were known as Maidens, referring to the spinsterhood of the goddess represented upon them.

2. The collective body of unmarried women.

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

spinsterhood1844

1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 201 Is this a reason..for leaving, like an uncultivated waste,..the spinsterhood of Great Britain?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	spinsterhood
释义	spinsterhoodn. Etymology: < spinster n. 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspinsterhood. 1. The condition of being an unmarried woman or old maid. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > condition of virginityship1741 spinstry1784 spinstership1816 spinsterism1818 spinsterhood1823 singlehood1840 spinsterdom1879 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 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. i. vi. 61 It must have required the tact of a very Beau Nash to detect in her appearance the smallest symptom of spinsterhood. 1863 B. Taylor Hannah Thurston ii. 28 He married..a tall, staid, self-reliant creature, verging on spinsterhood. 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 6 In antiquity these coins were known as Maidens, referring to the spinsterhood of the goddess represented upon them. 2. The collective body of unmarried women. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > collectively spinsterhood1844 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 201 Is this a reason..for leaving, like an uncultivated waste,..the spinsterhood of Great Britain? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1823
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