unmotheredadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmʌðəd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈməðərd/

Forms: 1600s vnmotherd, 1800s– unmothered.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mother n.¹, -ed suffix²; un- prefix², mother v.¹, -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < un- prefix¹ + mother n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly < un- prefix² + mother v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier mothered adj.¹

†1. Of a mother: deprived of motherly feelings. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > deprived of motherly feelings

unmothered1607

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. C4 I e'en quake to proceede, my spirit turnes edge? I feare me she's vnmotherd.

2. Not having a mother; not cared for or protected by a mother.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > having (specific) parents > having a mother > motherless

motherlessOE

unmothered1821

1821 F. Wrangham tr. Horace Lyrics 215 There, the unmother'd brood [L. matre carentibus privignis] to kill, No barbarous stepdame tries her skill.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 4 Nursing me, Unmothered little child of four years old.

1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture i. iii. 61 The young..go forth untended, or unmothered.

1905 Atlantic Monthly July 83/2 He was an unmothered waif, who had already been judiciously weeded from seven successive schools.

1999 M. J. Bena Claiming Trad. 221 Feeling unmothered all her life, Marguerite seeks the maternal in her husband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmothered
释义	unmotheredadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmʌðəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈməðərd/ Forms: 1600s vnmotherd, 1800s– unmothered. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mother n.¹, -ed suffix²; un- prefix², mother v.¹, -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < un- prefix¹ + mother n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly < un- prefix² + mother v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. With sense 2 compare earlier mothered adj.¹ †1. Of a mother: deprived of motherly feelings. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > deprived of motherly feelings unmothered1607 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. ii. sig. C4 I e'en quake to proceede, my spirit turnes edge? I feare me she's vnmotherd. 2. Not having a mother; not cared for or protected by a mother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > having (specific) parents > having a mother > motherless motherlessOE unmothered1821 1821 F. Wrangham tr. Horace Lyrics 215 There, the unmother'd brood [L. matre carentibus privignis] to kill, No barbarous stepdame tries her skill. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 4 Nursing me, Unmothered little child of four years old. 1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture i. iii. 61 The young..go forth untended, or unmothered. 1905 Atlantic Monthly July 83/2 He was an unmothered waif, who had already been judiciously weeded from seven successive schools. 1999 M. J. Bena Claiming Trad. 221 Feeling unmothered all her life, Marguerite seeks the maternal in her husband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1607
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