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wifie|ˈwaɪfɪ|
Also wifey, wify.
[f. wife n. + -ie, -y6.]
Little wife: used as a term of endearment for a wife.
1786Burns Poems, chiefly in Scottish Dial. 126 His clean hearth-stone, his thrifty Wifie's smile. 1819Keats Let. 18 Sept. (1931) II. 439, I intend to write a letter to you[r] Wifie. 1825Jamieson, Wiffie, a diminutive from wife; generally expressive of smallness of size, but sometimes merely a fondling term, S. wifie. [The accompanying quot. for wiffie is dubious.] 1841Tupper Twins vi, Turn bachelor again.., leave wifey at home. 1862E. B. Ramsay Remin. i. i. 13 Whaur's the auld wifie? 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xix, I know you have worries of your own, wifie. |