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单词 unwedded
释义

unweddedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɛdəd/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2.
1. Of persons: Not wedded; unmarried. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [adjective]
unbespouseda1200
unweddeda1230
single1303
solec1386
onec1395
unmarried1423
unwed1513
solute1554
unspoused1587
aneabil1609
matchlessa1652
a1230 Hali Meid. (Titus) 13 Þa ilke sari wrecches, þat i þat ilke fule wurðinge, unweddede, walewio.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 7352 Þe fyrst [manner of lechery] ys fornycacyoun, Whan two vnweddyd haue mysdon.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 111 Al manere men wedded & vnwedded.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8699 Haue ye noo drede That my ladie vnwedded is?
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi. xvi To them [sc. the aged] is better to be vnwedded than to be euer in trouble with an euyl wyf.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. x. sig. P.iiij/2 If a woman play the harlotte with an vnwedded man.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. A4 So shall the spirits of euery element, Be alwaies seruiceable to vs three:..Sometimes like women or vnwedded Maides.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 1134 Unwedded Pallas lent a Sister's aid [to Perseus].
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xi. 44 Brides, youths unwedded, seniors.., And girls.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed iii, in Tales Crusaders II. 82 A richly dowered maiden, unwedded, and unlikely to wed.
1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith v. 225 A large proportion of the..most vigorous in body and mind die unwedded or childless.
in extended use.c1792 W. Cowper Death of Damon 89 My rambling vines, unwedded to the trees, Bear shrivell'd grapes.1811 C. Lamb in Reflector 2 355 Cerasia..sent away a dish of Morellas..to her husband.., and recommended a plate of less extraordinary gooseberries to my unwedded palate.1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens I. 377 Pisistratus conducted himself towards the fair Cæsyra with a chastity..unwelcome to her affection... The unwedded wife communicated the mortifying secret to her mother.
2. Free from, unattended by, marriage.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > [adjective] > free from or unattended by marriage
unwedded1804
unwed1816
1804 European Mag. 45 192/2 'Twixt wedded and un~wedded loving Great is the difference, they say.
1822 H. H. Milman Martyr of Antioch 101 The saintly quiet of the unwedded state.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 114 Expressions which..convey no such exaltation of the unwedded life.

Derivatives

unˈweddedness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > state or condition of
singleness1560
single blessedness1600
unweddedness1830
singledom1851
1830 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) II. 368 It is not always our duty to marry; but it is always our duty to abide by right;..not to avoid unweddedness by untruthfulness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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