单词 | vecke |
释义 | † vecken. Obsolete. An old woman. As direct adoption from Italian would be remarkable in the 14th cent., it is possible that the word existed in Old French colloquial use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] old wifeeOE old womanOE trota1375 carlinec1375 cronec1386 vecke1390 monea1393 hagc1400 ribibec1405 aunt?a1425 crate14.. witchc1475 mauda1500 mackabroine1546 grandam?1550 grannam1565 old lady1575 beldam1580 lucky1629 granny1634 patriarchess1639 runta1652 harridan1699 grimalkin1798 mama1810 tante1815 wifie1823 maw1826 old dear1836 tante1845 Mother Bunch1847 douairière1869 dowager1870 veteraness1880 old trout1897 tab1909 bag1924 crow1925 ma1932 Skinny Liz1940 old bag1947 old boot1958 tannie1958 LOL1960 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 98 This olde wyht him hath awaited..: Florent his wofull heved uplefte And syh this vecke wher sche sat. c1400 Rom. Rose 4495 A rympled vekke, ferre ronne in age, Frownyng and yelowe in hir visage. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2795 Sche cleped anoon vn-to hir presence An aged vekke, fer in ȝeris ronne. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 12752 An olde wekke a-noon I mette. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xx. 36 b Whan these veckes, ferre yronne in age, Within them selfe hath vaine glory and delite For to farce and poppe their visage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1390 |
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