Wife of Bathn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪf əv ˈbɑːθ/,

/ˌwʌɪf əv ˈbaθ/, U.S.

/ˌwaɪf əv ˈbæθ/

Inflections: Plural Wives of Bath.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Wife of Bath.

Etymology: < Wife of Bath ( < wife n. + of prep. + the name of the city of Bath : see Bath n.²), the name in modern English of a character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, characterized by her outspokenness, sexual appetite, ostentatious style of dress, and the gap between her front teeth.For the name of the character in the original Middle English text compare:c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 447 A good wyf was ther of bisyde Bathe.c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. (title) Here bigynneth the prologe of the tale of the wyf of Bathe.

A. n.

A woman likened to Chaucer's Wife of Bath in some way, esp. in being lascivious or outspoken.

ΚΠ

1771 A. M. E. Cooke Hermit Converted Prol. sig. A6 On this account we rous'd a Hermit's wrath, To turn the Maid into the Wife of Bath.

1777 J. Whitfeld Conjectures on Tyndaris of Horace 20 If he [printed the] plight his Wedded faith, And take—tho' scarce a Wife of Bath—A Partner of his joys and cares, Who minds the Family-Affairs.

1848 Bentley's Misc. 23 111 Pilgrims, fat-paunched abbots, lusty bachelors, and merry-eyed wives of Bath.

1898 Dial 16 May 313/1 It is impossible to doubt that coarseness exists in our life, that Squire Westerns, and Wives of Bath, and Peachums, and Lockits, live in our midst.

1968 Financial Times 5 June 30 The Merry Wives themselves are miscast, rather more like two delicate and aging patterns of all wifely virtue than the more gusty and earthy wives of Bath they could have been.

2003 Jane Austen's Art Memory vii. 211 Anne is no Cressida, no Wife of Bath.

B. adj.

Suggestive or characteristic of the Wife of Bath.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective]

sensual?a1425

Venerian1448

venereal?a1475

venerial1531

venereous1542

venerious1542

venerous1562

Venerean1575

veneral1591

warm1593

fantastical1594

sexual1839

thermal1866

satyrish1876

Wife of Bath1926

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct

naked?c1225

platc1385

plaina1393

light?a1400

rounda1450

direct1530

frank1548

evena1573

handsmooth1612

point-blank1648

crude1650

plain-spoken1658

plain-spoke1706

unambiguous1751

plump1789

straightforward1806

plain-said1867

pine-blank1883

straight1894

point-to-point1905

non-ambiguous1924

Wife of Bath1926

simpliste1973

1926 A. Huxley Ess. New & Old 178 Her comments on the connubial state were so very Juliet's Nurse, so positively Wife-of-Bath, that we were made to feel quite early Victorian.

1974 K. Millett Flying ii. 183 Alison sings, a great lusty Wife of Bath woman.

1978 R. Rendell Sleeping Life iii. 23 Horrifyingly, she added, with a Wife of Bath look, remembering the old dance, ‘Wouldn't be for sex, not so likely.’

2012 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Style section) Her Wife of Bath raunchiness was a rare thrill at late-Noughties fashion shows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wife of bath
释义	Wife of Bathn.adj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪf əv ˈbɑːθ/, /ˌwʌɪf əv ˈbaθ/, U.S. /ˌwaɪf əv ˈbæθ/ Inflections: Plural Wives of Bath. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Wife of Bath. Etymology: < Wife of Bath ( < wife n. + of prep. + the name of the city of Bath : see Bath n.²), the name in modern English of a character in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, characterized by her outspokenness, sexual appetite, ostentatious style of dress, and the gap between her front teeth.For the name of the character in the original Middle English text compare:c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 447 A good wyf was ther of bisyde Bathe.c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. (title) Here bigynneth the prologe of the tale of the wyf of Bathe. A. n. A woman likened to Chaucer's Wife of Bath in some way, esp. in being lascivious or outspoken. ΚΠ 1771 A. M. E. Cooke Hermit Converted Prol. sig. A6 On this account we rous'd a Hermit's wrath, To turn the Maid into the Wife of Bath. 1777 J. Whitfeld Conjectures on Tyndaris of Horace 20 If he [printed the] plight his Wedded faith, And take—tho' scarce a Wife of Bath—A Partner of his joys and cares, Who minds the Family-Affairs. 1848 Bentley's Misc. 23 111 Pilgrims, fat-paunched abbots, lusty bachelors, and merry-eyed wives of Bath. 1898 Dial 16 May 313/1 It is impossible to doubt that coarseness exists in our life, that Squire Westerns, and Wives of Bath, and Peachums, and Lockits, live in our midst. 1968 Financial Times 5 June 30 The Merry Wives themselves are miscast, rather more like two delicate and aging patterns of all wifely virtue than the more gusty and earthy wives of Bath they could have been. 2003 Jane Austen's Art Memory vii. 211 Anne is no Cressida, no Wife of Bath. B. adj. Suggestive or characteristic of the Wife of Bath. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] sensual?a1425 Venerian1448 venereal?a1475 venerial1531 venereous1542 venerious1542 venerous1562 Venerean1575 veneral1591 warm1593 fantastical1594 sexual1839 thermal1866 satyrish1876 Wife of Bath1926 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct naked?c1225 platc1385 plaina1393 light?a1400 rounda1450 direct1530 frank1548 evena1573 handsmooth1612 point-blank1648 crude1650 plain-spoken1658 plain-spoke1706 unambiguous1751 plump1789 straightforward1806 plain-said1867 pine-blank1883 straight1894 point-to-point1905 non-ambiguous1924 Wife of Bath1926 simpliste1973 1926 A. Huxley Ess. New & Old 178 Her comments on the connubial state were so very Juliet's Nurse, so positively Wife-of-Bath, that we were made to feel quite early Victorian. 1974 K. Millett Flying ii. 183 Alison sings, a great lusty Wife of Bath woman. 1978 R. Rendell Sleeping Life iii. 23 Horrifyingly, she added, with a Wife of Bath look, remembering the old dance, ‘Wouldn't be for sex, not so likely.’ 2012 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 Sept. (Style section) Her Wife of Bath raunchiness was a rare thrill at late-Noughties fashion shows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1771
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