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).

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
随便看	jim crow hat jim crow law jim crow line jim crow school jim crow song jim crow town jim crow's nose jim crowed jim crowing jim crowism jim crows jim johnson jim-crow jim-crow planing-machine jim-dandy jim-hickey jim-jam jimber-jaw jimber-jawed jimberjaw jimberjawed jimcrow jimcrow planingmachine jimdandies jimdandy