spinstressn.

Brit.

/ˈspɪnstrᵻs/,

/spɪnˈstrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈspɪnstrəs/

Etymology: < spinster n. + -ess suffix¹.

1. A female spinner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > one who > female

spinster1362

spinstress1661

1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 206 Spinstresses are become States-women, and every peasan turned politician.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 11 Ovid's Lydian-Spinstresse, that proud Madam which Pallas..transform'd into the Spider.

a1704 T. Brown tr. Horace Odes in Wks. (1720) IV. 12 Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajol'd, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old.

1708 W. Darrell Suppl. to 1st Pt. Gentleman Instructed v. 101 You are a kind of Mulatoe,..a compound of Gentlemen and Spinstress.

1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 139/2 Lady Hamilton..was painted in various characters, as..Sensibility, a Bacchante,..the Spinstress.

2. A maiden lady; a spinster.

ΘΚΠ

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

maid1603

maiden lady1628

bachelora1637

feme sole1714

spinstress1716

maidena1802

spin1842

sworn virgin1910

1716 in J. O. Payne Rec. Eng. Catholics (1889) 11 Gertrude Beveridge,..spinstress.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. xii. 276 He actually ventured to salute the withered cheek of the spinstress.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spinstress
释义	spinstressn. Brit. /ˈspɪnstrᵻs/, /spɪnˈstrɛs/, U.S. /ˈspɪnstrəs/ Etymology: < spinster n. + -ess suffix¹. 1. A female spinner. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > one who > female spinster1362 spinstress1661 1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 206 Spinstresses are become States-women, and every peasan turned politician. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 11 Ovid's Lydian-Spinstresse, that proud Madam which Pallas..transform'd into the Spider. a1704 T. Brown tr. Horace Odes in Wks. (1720) IV. 12 Let meaner Souls by Virtue be cajol'd, As the good Grecian Spinstress was of old. 1708 W. Darrell Suppl. to 1st Pt. Gentleman Instructed v. 101 You are a kind of Mulatoe,..a compound of Gentlemen and Spinstress. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 139/2 Lady Hamilton..was painted in various characters, as..Sensibility, a Bacchante,..the Spinstress. 2. A maiden lady; a spinster. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] maid1603 maiden lady1628 bachelora1637 feme sole1714 spinstress1716 maidena1802 spin1842 sworn virgin1910 1716 in J. O. Payne Rec. Eng. Catholics (1889) 11 Gertrude Beveridge,..spinstress. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. xii. 276 He actually ventured to salute the withered cheek of the spinstress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1661
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