单词 | wifehead |
释义 | † wifeheadn. Obsolete. The state or condition of being a wife; the character or qualities of a wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > condition or position of wifehooda1393 wifeheadc1500 wifeship1658 uxorialitya1832 wiving1840 wifedom1845 c1500 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Selden) (1879) Prol. l. 253 Pennolope and Marcia Catoun Make of ȝour wyfhede [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 wyfhod] no comparison. c1500 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Selden) (1879) l. 1687 For hir wyfhede [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 wifhod] and hir stedfastnes. 1508 Devise Prowes & Eke Humilitee in W. Dunbar Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) sig. biv O wyfhede wariit of wyis wickitest Moder of vice, and hertis hye distresse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1500 |
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