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单词 widowess
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widowessn.

Brit. /ˈwɪdəʊɛs/, /ˈwɪdəʊᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪdoʊᵻs/
Forms: see widow n. and -ess suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: widow n., -ess suffix1.
Etymology: < widow n. + -ess suffix1, after widower n.1
= widow n. 1a.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow
widowOE
lavec1325
widow woman1340
relictc1460
widow lady1525
widowess1596
maid-widow1655
feme sole1714
veuve1766
ace of spades1811
sod widow1927
1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 126 Anna..had bene 84 yeares Widowesse.
1875 Boys of Eng. 29 May 16/3 ‘Are you now..a widowess?’ asked Steinfort, eagerly.
1915 F. N. Westcott Hepsey Burke xiv. 168 Here I am a widower, and here you are a widowess, and we're both lonesome.
2011 R. Wann Project Download 194 You have to go traipsing all over the world to get yourself killed and leave the beautiful babe a widowess.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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