A woman who remains single beyond the ordinary marrying age; an elderly spinster. Frequently derogatory.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly (21) old maid1530 A woman who remains single beyond the ordinary marrying age; an elderly spinster. Frequently derogatory. old maiden1566 = old maid, n. 1. pussock1622 An old maid. Cf. tabby, n. 3a. ape-leader1652 an old maid, see 6. thornback1694 An old maid. slang. Obsolete. spinster1719 A woman still unmarried; esp. one beyond the usual age for marriage, an old maid. tabby1748 An old or elderly maiden lady: a dyslogistic appellation; often with a half-humorous attribution of certain qualities of the cat; sometimes… virgin1759 An old maid, a spinster. tea-bottle1909 a bottle containing tea (sense 2a); also slang, an old maid. Subcategories:— condition of (8) — characteristics of (3) — who is an aunt (1) |
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