单词 | suitoring |
释义 | suitoringn. Falling out of standard use after the early modern period. The action of seeking a woman's hand in marriage; behaviour by a man intended to persuade a woman to marry him. Sometimes also more widely: the action of pursuing a relationship or sexual relations with another. Also occasionally: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] wooingc1000 wouhlechec1230 wouhlechunga1250 love work?a1300 love-druryc1300 love playc1390 suitc1475 lovemakinga1500 loveshipc1500 suiting1568 courtship1600 courting1607 suitoringa1640 amouring1675 sparking1804 sprunting1823 lovering1848 twosing1940 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage wooingc1000 wouhlechec1230 wouhlechunga1250 suitc1475 suiting1568 courtship1600 courting1607 suitoringa1640 a1640 W. Fenner Pract. Divinitie (1647) 14 Thoughts are as the visions in the night, ergo we use this proverb, his thoughts are gone a sutering. 1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince iv. iv. 61 Well, I see there is nothing but soutering I'th this [sic] Town; wo'd our Lucia were here too for me. 1746 (title) Exmoor courtship, or a suitoring discourse, in the Devonshire dialect and mode. 1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Nicholas in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 262 Counts a many, and Dukes a few, A suitoring came to my father's Hall. 1889 Athenæum 14 Dec. 816/3 The usual ‘suitorings’, sulkings, makings-up, of various couples. 2016 @Muyeezus 31 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 18 June 2019) I'm firmly in support of Precious' suitoring of you. You need to seriously consider. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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