wifkinn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪfkɪn/, U.S.

/ˈwɪfkɪn/

Forms: see wife n. and kin n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wife n., kin n.¹

Etymology: < wife n. + kin n.¹ Compare Middle High German wīpkunne . Compare mankin n.¹In Old English the word is also attested in the sense ‘female sex’ (compare kin n.¹ 7).

Now rare.

Women considered collectively; womankind.In quot. OE² with reference to descent in the female line.In quot. 1981 probably revived from dictionary record.

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the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively

wifkinOE

womanOE

womankinc1175

womankindc1175

womenkina1387

womenkinda1387

womanhoodc1405

feminityc1425

femininityc1450

femininec1451

the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536

the second sex1536

the woman sex1536

feminie1541

mesdames1552

the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578

sex1589

ladyhooda1666

fair1687

wimmin1710

womenfolk1729

mesdemoiselles1739

the female of the species1795

femalitiesc1801

ladykind1829

womanity1836

womandom1838

ladydom1843

petticoatery1849

tea-body1865

muslin1884

the skirt1899

quim1909

womyn1975

womxn1991

OE Blickling Homilies 143 Þu eart gebletsod betuh ealle wifcyn & betuh ealle halie gastas.

OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. i. 28 Þæt hi ðonne ma of þam wifcynne him cyning curan þonne of þam wæpnedcynne.

c1175 ( Nativity of Virgin (Bodl.) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 122 Hire eadignyssæ oferstihð all wifcynn [OE Hatton wifa cynn].

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1177 Nogt wif-kinnes non birðe ne nam.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 656 Wið-uten wif-kin and childre smale.

1981 A. Theroux Darconville's Cat lxxxii. 591 All the whorage of wifkin.

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

单词	wifkin
释义	wifkinn. Brit. /ˈwɪfkɪn/, U.S. /ˈwɪfkɪn/ Forms: see wife n. and kin n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wife n., kin n.¹ Etymology: < wife n. + kin n.¹ Compare Middle High German wīpkunne . Compare mankin n.¹In Old English the word is also attested in the sense ‘female sex’ (compare kin n.¹ 7). Now rare. Women considered collectively; womankind.In quot. OE² with reference to descent in the female line.In quot. 1981 probably revived from dictionary record. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively wifkinOE womanOE womankinc1175 womankindc1175 womenkina1387 womenkinda1387 womanhoodc1405 feminityc1425 femininityc1450 femininec1451 the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536 the second sex1536 the woman sex1536 feminie1541 mesdames1552 the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578 sex1589 ladyhooda1666 fair1687 wimmin1710 womenfolk1729 mesdemoiselles1739 the female of the species1795 femalitiesc1801 ladykind1829 womanity1836 womandom1838 ladydom1843 petticoatery1849 tea-body1865 muslin1884 the skirt1899 quim1909 womyn1975 womxn1991 OE Blickling Homilies 143 Þu eart gebletsod betuh ealle wifcyn & betuh ealle halie gastas. OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. i. 28 Þæt hi ðonne ma of þam wifcynne him cyning curan þonne of þam wæpnedcynne. c1175 ( Nativity of Virgin (Bodl.) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 122 Hire eadignyssæ oferstihð all wifcynn [OE Hatton wifa cynn]. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1177 Nogt wif-kinnes non birðe ne nam. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 656 Wið-uten wif-kin and childre smale. 1981 A. Theroux Darconville's Cat lxxxii. 591 All the whorage of wifkin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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