单词 | unmaiden |
释义 | † unmaidenn. Obsolete. A woman or girl who is not a virgin.In quot. c1390: (probably) a married woman.Quot. 1833 may instead show an adjective (formed from un- prefix1 + maiden adj.). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > young unmarried woman > not unmaidenc1390 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. x. l. 193 I Counseile alle Cristene coueite not ben I-weddet For Couetyse of Catel ne of kun Riche, Bote Maydens and vn-Maydens clene ow save. 1833 Foreign Q. Rev. 11 278 The much-enduring House-mother finds him in meridian glory with one Voland, the un-maiden Daughter of a ‘Financier's Widow’. 1854 L. Marsh Apocatastasis v. 51 Select handsome talented boys..rather than stale maidens, Pythonesses, or unmaidens so enveloped in their mortal coil that they can find no egress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2019). unmaidenv. Now archaic and rare. transitive. To take the virginity of (a woman or girl); to deflower.In quot. 1592 reflexive: (of a woman or girl) to give up her virginity. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [verb (transitive)] > take the virginity of deflowera1382 depucel1440 defloratec1470 deflourisha1513 unmaiden?1577 devirginate1583 dismaiden1603 depucelate1611 disvirgin1611 woman1611 unmaid1637 unvirgin1638 ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 140 Through this dauncing many maydens haue bene vnmaydened, whereby I may saye, it is the storehouse and nurserie of Bastardie. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xli. 179 Think not Lord Cliffords daughter will vn-maiden her for pay. 1660 J. S. Andromana ii. v Sturdy Hercules, When he unmaiden'd fifty in one night. 1688 Pleasures Matrimony v. 100 The Maid was unmaidened, and Brought to bed of a brave Boy. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xii. 96 He unmaiden'd his Sister Juno. 1793 E. Walsh Bagatelles 88 A Rake among the Men May all the Virgin Virtues vex..And shamelessly unmaiden half the Sex. 1869 E. Arnold tr. Theocritus Poets Greece 181 Bitter pain the sport to be Of him who hath unmaidened me. 1901 M. Hewlett New Canterbury Tales 111 Luca put a warm hand on his brother's shoulder. ‘For much less than that,’ says he, ‘have maidens been unmaidened.’ Derivatives unˈmaidening n. rare ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman brucheeOE corruption1340 defoulingc1380 stuprea1382 deflorationc1400 defloweringc1400 violationc1450 vitiating1547 devirgination1606 vitiation1635 unmaidening1693 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. vi. 58 The unmaidning or depucelating of a hundred Virgins. 2013 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 20 May 15 The ‘unmaidening’ of Tess was most probably forced, since the act itself followed a hard-drinking escapade. unˈmaidened adj. ΚΠ 1860 A. C. Swinburne Queen-mother iv. iii. 117 You have the gait of an unmaiden'd girl That carries violence in her girdle. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Unmaiden'd, married. 1972 J. Barth Chimera 216 A moment later she was unmaidened Melanippe, held by the hair and howling under me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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