adulteressn.

Brit.

/əˈdʌlt(ə)rᵻs/, U.S.

/əˈdəlt(ə)rəs/

Forms:

α. Middle English auowtres, Middle English auowtresse, Middle English avouteres, Middle English avowtresse, Middle English–1500s auoutresse, 1900s– avoutress.

β. late Middle English advowteres, late Middle English advowteresse, 1500s aduoutrice, 1500s–1600s aduouteresse, 1500s–1600s aduoutresse, 1600s advoutresse.

γ. 1500s adulteris, 1500s–1600s adulteresse, 1500s–1600s adultresse, 1600s– adulteress, 1600s– adultress.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: adulter n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < adulter n. (compare forms at that entry) + -ess suffix¹ (compare also -tress suffix), partly after Anglo-Norman avouteresse, advouteresse, avolteresce, Middle French advoulteresse (compare also Old French avoltrerresse , avoultrenesse , avotresse , earliest in 12th cent.), and Middle French adulteresse (1535; Middle French adultéresse ). Compare post-classical Latin adulteratrix (feminine adjective) that falsifies (a1540). In later use typically apprehended as the feminine form corresponding to adulterer n. rather than to adulter n.

A woman who commits adultery.Now often replaced by the more gender-neutral adulterer (see adulterer n.) except in literary, historical, or religious contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer > female

adulteressa1382

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α.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xlii. 9 Lest par auenture..auoutresse she be mad, and with a man dwellende.

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Lev. xx. 10 Who so doth leccherie with wijf of another..thurȝ deth dye, both the lecchour and the auowtres [a1425 L.V. auowtresse; L. adultera].

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xviii To pretende that his awne mother was an auoutresse.

1973 M. Butler Lion of Eng. i. 11 Then she remembered Louis with a dreadful pang and knew herself for an avoutress.

β. a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 70 (MED) This thyng noised bi the Citee, she was outcast as advowteres.c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cvij Yf ony weddyd woman bee aduoutrice.a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) v. iii. sig. H.iij Thou didst helpe the aduoutresse that she might be amended.1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. viii. §1. 170 She is twise an Aduoutresse.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xix. 110 This kinde of danger, is then to be feared..that they be Aduoutresses.1850 A. M. Burrill New Law Dict. at Avowtry Advowtress, an adulteress.γ. 1542 T. Becon Dauids Harpe sig. l.ij^v They are not y^e spouse of Christ, but fylthy whores, vnclene harlottes, stynckynge strompettes, abhominable adultresses, & stulyke Goshyppes.1611 Bible (King James) James iv. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses . a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 80 But be't knowne..Shee's an Adultresse . 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 228 Hellen's rich Attire; From Argos by the fam'd adultress brought.1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 52 Our Saxon Ancestors compelled the Adulteress to strangle herself.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 64 Th' adultress! what a theme for angry verse.1845 W. Whewell Elem. Morality iv. v. §728 The adulteress was to be repudiated and otherwise punished.1956 R. Graves Compl. Poems (1999) III. 356 The nuptial contract, that deters Adulteresses and adulterers.1990 Independent on Sunday 11 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 17/4 It is surprising to find..George Eliot [portrayed] as a culpable adulteress.2002 H. Jacobson Who's Sorry Now? (2003) i. ii. 39 Angus finally lost his nerve, abusing his wife,..calling her a cradle-snatching, name-dropping adulteress.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adulteress
释义	adulteressn. Brit. /əˈdʌlt(ə)rᵻs/, U.S. /əˈdəlt(ə)rəs/ Forms: α. Middle English auowtres, Middle English auowtresse, Middle English avouteres, Middle English avowtresse, Middle English–1500s auoutresse, 1900s– avoutress. β. late Middle English advowteres, late Middle English advowteresse, 1500s aduoutrice, 1500s–1600s aduouteresse, 1500s–1600s aduoutresse, 1600s advoutresse. γ. 1500s adulteris, 1500s–1600s adulteresse, 1500s–1600s adultresse, 1600s– adulteress, 1600s– adultress. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: adulter n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < adulter n. (compare forms at that entry) + -ess suffix¹ (compare also -tress suffix), partly after Anglo-Norman avouteresse, advouteresse, avolteresce, Middle French advoulteresse (compare also Old French avoltrerresse , avoultrenesse , avotresse , earliest in 12th cent.), and Middle French adulteresse (1535; Middle French adultéresse ). Compare post-classical Latin adulteratrix (feminine adjective) that falsifies (a1540). In later use typically apprehended as the feminine form corresponding to adulterer n. rather than to adulter n. A woman who commits adultery.Now often replaced by the more gender-neutral adulterer (see adulterer n.) except in literary, historical, or religious contexts. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer > female adulteressa1382 vowtrierea1400 α. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xlii. 9 Lest par auenture..auoutresse she be mad, and with a man dwellende. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Lev. xx. 10 Who so doth leccherie with wijf of another..thurȝ deth dye, both the lecchour and the auowtres [a1425 L.V. auowtresse; L. adultera]. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xviii To pretende that his awne mother was an auoutresse. 1973 M. Butler Lion of Eng. i. 11 Then she remembered Louis with a dreadful pang and knew herself for an avoutress. β. a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in Western Reserve Univ. Bull. (1919) 22 70 (MED) This thyng noised bi the Citee, she was outcast as advowteres.c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cvij Yf ony weddyd woman bee aduoutrice.a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) v. iii. sig. H.iij Thou didst helpe the aduoutresse that she might be amended.1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. ii. viii. §1. 170 She is twise an Aduoutresse.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xix. 110 This kinde of danger, is then to be feared..that they be Aduoutresses.1850 A. M. Burrill New Law Dict. at Avowtry Advowtress, an adulteress.γ. 1542 T. Becon Dauids Harpe sig. l.ij^v They are not y^e spouse of Christ, but fylthy whores, vnclene harlottes, stynckynge strompettes, abhominable adultresses, & stulyke Goshyppes.1611 Bible (King James) James iv. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses . View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 80 But be't knowne..Shee's an Adultresse . View more context for this quotation1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 228 Hellen's rich Attire; From Argos by the fam'd adultress brought.1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 52 Our Saxon Ancestors compelled the Adulteress to strangle herself.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 64 Th' adultress! what a theme for angry verse.1845 W. Whewell Elem. Morality iv. v. §728 The adulteress was to be repudiated and otherwise punished.1956 R. Graves Compl. Poems (1999) III. 356 The nuptial contract, that deters Adulteresses and adulterers.1990 Independent on Sunday 11 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 17/4 It is surprising to find..George Eliot [portrayed] as a culpable adulteress.2002 H. Jacobson Who's Sorry Now? (2003) i. ii. 39 Angus finally lost his nerve, abusing his wife,..calling her a cradle-snatching, name-dropping adulteress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382
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