chicken-peckedadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)npɛkt/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪkənˌpɛkt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., pecked adj.¹

Etymology: < chicken n. + pecked adj.¹, after henpecked adj.

colloquial. Now rare.

Designating an adult (esp. a parent) who is ordered about by a child. Cf. henpecked adj. 1.

ΚΠ

1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress iii. i. 49 What am I the better for burying a jealous wife? To be chicken-peck'd is a new persecution, more provoking than the old one.

1829 Maryland Gaz. 24 Dec. Some impatient little urchins, the offspring of chicken-pecked mothers, returning with their load of gilded baubles from their early walk.

1938 Tatler 9 Mar. 434 Henry, the publisher-father, is the meek, chicken-pecked Little Man who has done service in dozens of plays.

2011 @JunHuiBrian 16 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Difference between a unreasonable mom and a chicken-pecked dad is like finding the difference between Singapore and Ngee Ann Poly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chicken-pecked
释义	chicken-peckedadj. Brit. /ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)npɛkt/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkənˌpɛkt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., pecked adj.¹ Etymology: < chicken n. + pecked adj.¹, after henpecked adj. colloquial. Now rare. Designating an adult (esp. a parent) who is ordered about by a child. Cf. henpecked adj. 1. ΚΠ 1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress iii. i. 49 What am I the better for burying a jealous wife? To be chicken-peck'd is a new persecution, more provoking than the old one. 1829 Maryland Gaz. 24 Dec. Some impatient little urchins, the offspring of chicken-pecked mothers, returning with their load of gilded baubles from their early walk. 1938 Tatler 9 Mar. 434 Henry, the publisher-father, is the meek, chicken-pecked Little Man who has done service in dozens of plays. 2011 @JunHuiBrian 16 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Difference between a unreasonable mom and a chicken-pecked dad is like finding the difference between Singapore and Ngee Ann Poly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786
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