单词 | bridely |
释义 | bridelyadj.n.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > [adjective] bridelyOE spousal?a1450 nuptial1490 espousal1583 sponsal1656 sponsalitious1656 internuptial1834 gamic1837 OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Matt. xxii. 12 Quomodo huc intrasti non habens uestem nubtialem: huu hidir inneades ne hæfdes ðu wede uel reaf brydlic. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 434 Nuptiali dote subarraret : brydlicre gife beweddode. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 7v The bonde of brydely bed. 1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. f. 71 In spousall bande, and bridely knot be tyde. 2. Resembling or characteristic of a bride. Also as n. with the and plural agreement: bridely people as a class. ΚΠ 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal vii. 121 They seemed of many sorts: the sinner and the meek, the widowed and the bridely; black heads, and silver heads, and auburn heads. 1922 Vogue Apr. 120/2 Their lovely eyes either modestly cast down or soulfully upraised, are the very pattern and picture of bridely propriety. 2016 E. McKenzie Portable Veblen ii. 37 Part of her wanted to do all the normal bridely things and the other part wanted to embrace her disdain for everything of the sort. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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