alimonyn.

Brit.

/ˈalᵻməni/, U.S.

/ˈæləˌmoʊni/

Forms: 1600s alimonie, 1600s– alimony, 1700s allimony.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alimōnia.

Etymology: < classical Latin alimōnia food, nourishment, in post-classical Latin also spiritual nourishment (4th cent.), maintenance allowance paid to a wife (1596 in a British source) < alere to nourish (see aliment n.) + -mōnia -mony comb. form. Compare earlier aliment n. and alimentation n.¹

1. Law. Provision for the maintenance of a (former) spouse made by a husband (occasionally a wife) after divorce or legal separation or during proceedings for these.No longer in technical legal use in England and Wales, where the usual term is maintenance.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > separation allowance

alimonyc1613

separate maintenance1693

c1613 Minute Acct. People of Anglesea (1860) 187 That they would graunt her alimonie and charges to follow the suit against him.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 58 He should appoint the said Emme Pinkney reasonable Alimony.

1711 S. Centlivre Mar-plot ii. i. 15 A Wound in the Reputation of an English Woman, they say, only lets in Allimony.

1773 W. Kenrick Duellist iv. i. 51 Recrimination ended.—Alimony settled.—Term probatory over, go to trial—Cast! no matter which side, the husband pays costs on both.

1820 Ld. Byron Let. 24 May (1977) VII. 105 But he wants her to stay, and dismiss me; for he doesn't like to pay back her dowry and to make an alimony.

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xii. 73 The Court can direct the husband to pay alimony.

1884 D. Stewart Law Marriage & Divorce xxxviii. 330 Such innovations are found as allowing alimony to a husband as well as a wife.

1944 H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 9/1 In about one-third of our states alimony is allowed to the former husband out of the former wife's estate.

1964 E. Baker Fine Madness xiv. 166 Suppose there's a court order against him for something like not paying alimony.

1977 ‘W. Allen’ in A. Coren Penguin Bk. Mod. Humour (1983) 15 He also had two dull sons by his first wife, Flo, and was up to his neck in alimony and child support.

1991 Internat. Jrnl. Law & Family 5 212 Divorced women are receiving less alimony and experiencing more child custody battles.

2. gen. Provision for the maintenance of a person; an allowance or pension. Cf. aliment n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood

substancec1384

maintenance1389

sustenance1389

sustentation1389

sustaining1395

findingc1400

uphold1439

retainment1449

exhibition?a1475

entertainment?c1475

upholdingc1480

entertaininga1492

sustenation1496

support1561

alimentation1590

alimony1622

enablement1626

subsisting1698

keep1801

life support1852

palimony1977

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > alimony

alimony1622

permanent alimony1820

1622 J. Chamberlain Let. 8 June (1939) II. 439 His Lady..made a petition to the King for alimonie or maintenance.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 193 That she may have strength against both her enemies, she has need of more ample Alimony.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 58 These words Alimony and Victuals are used in a larger Acceptation, and denote all kind of maintenance whatever..as Meat, Drink, Cloathes.

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. ii. ii. 397 By way of alimony for the proprietor, the trustees should apply the residue of the annual produce by an equitable dividend under direction of the court.

1828 Westm. Rev. Apr. 322 Paying each of the members of the aristocracy an alimony from the public purse.

1876 E. Mellor Priesthood ii. 50 The age and character they [sc. widows] must bear before they are entitled to such benevolent alimony.

1922 Southern Reporter 90 223/2 The father owes alimony to his adulterous children.

1996 H. de Waardt in A. Schuurman & P. C. Spierenburg Private Domain, Public Inq. i. 31 He then had to pay three hundred guilders which would serve as an alimony for Jan's widow and children.

†3. Spiritual or emotional sustenance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance > that which

foodOE

breadc1175

sustainera1325

sustenance?a1430

maintainer1551

sustain1567

aliment?1608

alimony1626

1626 S. Price Londons Remembrancer 28 While we eate the bread of sorrow, drinking the wine of compunction, wee hunger and thirst after heauenly things, and shall be comforted. This is the constant alimonie of the righteous.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §1. 18 These men will allow the Sacraments to be..spiritual alimony.

a1670 J. Hacket tr. J. Calvin in Cent. Serm. (1675) 287 His benediction is alimony enough though there were no meat in the world.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 597 God is the Father of the faithful; by creation, by preservation and governance; by alimony; by fatherly care and providence; by faith and grace.

Compounds

C1. attributive in sense 1, as alimony case, alimony claim, alimony payment, alimony settlement, etc.

ΚΠ

1817 H. W. Desaussure Rep. Court of Chancery S.-Carolina 2 317 This court was obliged to take up the case, as in the alimony cases, and to open the door to relief.

1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 6 Nov. Good lawyers construe the enforcement of Ann Eliza's alimony payment as a recognition of polygamy.

1915 Atlantic Reporter 93 886/2 In the English cases the alimony decrees were all made adjunctly to the principal litigation.

1940 Supreme Court Reporter (U.S.) 60 428/1 The so-called alimony trust in question was created..in settlement of a suit brought by her for separate maintenance.

1950 ABA Jrnl. June 502/2 A deductible claim against the husband's taxable estate, assuming that the alimony obligation survives his death.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 8 Apr. (Parade Suppl.) 4/1 This is short-term alimony... The idea is for the ex-wife to take advantage of the alimony period to return to school..or to launch a career.

1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 67 Ex-wives of Hollywood stars, who find strength in getting together to rehash custody battles..and alimony settlements.

2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 6 The amount of taxable income that remains after certain allowed business-related deductions—such as alimony payments,..contributions to an IRA—are subtracted from an individual's gross income.

C2.

alimony drone n. U.S. derogatory a woman who lives on alimony payments and makes no attempt to support herself.

ΚΠ

1957 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 22/2 (heading) ‘Alimony drones’ decried in court.

1972 N. Sheresky & M. Mannes in Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 July 34/3 There are rules, decisions, and statutes instructing the judge that wives should not be permitted to become ‘alimony drones’—self-indulgent, indolent parasites.

2007 R. Duncan Judge's Guide to Divorce vii. 141 ‘Alimony drones’ who sit and pop bonbons while watching television or playing bridge all day are pretty much a thing of the past.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alimony
释义	alimonyn. Brit. /ˈalᵻməni/, U.S. /ˈæləˌmoʊni/ Forms: 1600s alimonie, 1600s– alimony, 1700s allimony. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alimōnia. Etymology: < classical Latin alimōnia food, nourishment, in post-classical Latin also spiritual nourishment (4th cent.), maintenance allowance paid to a wife (1596 in a British source) < alere to nourish (see aliment n.) + -mōnia -mony comb. form. Compare earlier aliment n. and alimentation n.¹ 1. Law. Provision for the maintenance of a (former) spouse made by a husband (occasionally a wife) after divorce or legal separation or during proceedings for these.No longer in technical legal use in England and Wales, where the usual term is maintenance. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > separation allowance alimonyc1613 separate maintenance1693 c1613 Minute Acct. People of Anglesea (1860) 187 That they would graunt her alimonie and charges to follow the suit against him. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 58 He should appoint the said Emme Pinkney reasonable Alimony. 1711 S. Centlivre Mar-plot ii. i. 15 A Wound in the Reputation of an English Woman, they say, only lets in Allimony. 1773 W. Kenrick Duellist iv. i. 51 Recrimination ended.—Alimony settled.—Term probatory over, go to trial—Cast! no matter which side, the husband pays costs on both. 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 24 May (1977) VII. 105 But he wants her to stay, and dismiss me; for he doesn't like to pay back her dowry and to make an alimony. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xii. 73 The Court can direct the husband to pay alimony. 1884 D. Stewart Law Marriage & Divorce xxxviii. 330 Such innovations are found as allowing alimony to a husband as well as a wife. 1944 H. P. Fairchild Dict. Sociol. 9/1 In about one-third of our states alimony is allowed to the former husband out of the former wife's estate. 1964 E. Baker Fine Madness xiv. 166 Suppose there's a court order against him for something like not paying alimony. 1977 ‘W. Allen’ in A. Coren Penguin Bk. Mod. Humour (1983) 15 He also had two dull sons by his first wife, Flo, and was up to his neck in alimony and child support. 1991 Internat. Jrnl. Law & Family 5 212 Divorced women are receiving less alimony and experiencing more child custody battles. 2. gen. Provision for the maintenance of a person; an allowance or pension. Cf. aliment n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > provision of means of support or livelihood substancec1384 maintenance1389 sustenance1389 sustentation1389 sustaining1395 findingc1400 uphold1439 retainment1449 exhibition?a1475 entertainment?c1475 upholdingc1480 entertaininga1492 sustenation1496 support1561 alimentation1590 alimony1622 enablement1626 subsisting1698 keep1801 life support1852 palimony1977 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > alimony alimony1622 permanent alimony1820 1622 J. Chamberlain Let. 8 June (1939) II. 439 His Lady..made a petition to the King for alimonie or maintenance. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 193 That she may have strength against both her enemies, she has need of more ample Alimony. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 58 These words Alimony and Victuals are used in a larger Acceptation, and denote all kind of maintenance whatever..as Meat, Drink, Cloathes. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. ii. ii. 397 By way of alimony for the proprietor, the trustees should apply the residue of the annual produce by an equitable dividend under direction of the court. 1828 Westm. Rev. Apr. 322 Paying each of the members of the aristocracy an alimony from the public purse. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood ii. 50 The age and character they [sc. widows] must bear before they are entitled to such benevolent alimony. 1922 Southern Reporter 90 223/2 The father owes alimony to his adulterous children. 1996 H. de Waardt in A. Schuurman & P. C. Spierenburg Private Domain, Public Inq. i. 31 He then had to pay three hundred guilders which would serve as an alimony for Jan's widow and children. †3. Spiritual or emotional sustenance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance > that which foodOE breadc1175 sustainera1325 sustenance?a1430 maintainer1551 sustain1567 aliment?1608 alimony1626 1626 S. Price Londons Remembrancer 28 While we eate the bread of sorrow, drinking the wine of compunction, wee hunger and thirst after heauenly things, and shall be comforted. This is the constant alimonie of the righteous. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. §1. 18 These men will allow the Sacraments to be..spiritual alimony. a1670 J. Hacket tr. J. Calvin in Cent. Serm. (1675) 287 His benediction is alimony enough though there were no meat in the world. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 597 God is the Father of the faithful; by creation, by preservation and governance; by alimony; by fatherly care and providence; by faith and grace. Compounds C1. attributive in sense 1, as alimony case, alimony claim, alimony payment, alimony settlement, etc. ΚΠ 1817 H. W. Desaussure Rep. Court of Chancery S.-Carolina 2 317 This court was obliged to take up the case, as in the alimony cases, and to open the door to relief. 1875 Daily Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 6 Nov. Good lawyers construe the enforcement of Ann Eliza's alimony payment as a recognition of polygamy. 1915 Atlantic Reporter 93 886/2 In the English cases the alimony decrees were all made adjunctly to the principal litigation. 1940 Supreme Court Reporter (U.S.) 60 428/1 The so-called alimony trust in question was created..in settlement of a suit brought by her for separate maintenance. 1950 ABA Jrnl. June 502/2 A deductible claim against the husband's taxable estate, assuming that the alimony obligation survives his death. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 8 Apr. (Parade Suppl.) 4/1 This is short-term alimony... The idea is for the ex-wife to take advantage of the alimony period to return to school..or to launch a career. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 67 Ex-wives of Hollywood stars, who find strength in getting together to rehash custody battles..and alimony settlements. 2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 6 The amount of taxable income that remains after certain allowed business-related deductions—such as alimony payments,..contributions to an IRA—are subtracted from an individual's gross income. C2. alimony drone n. U.S. derogatory a woman who lives on alimony payments and makes no attempt to support herself. ΚΠ 1957 N.Y. Times 1 Feb. 22/2 (heading) ‘Alimony drones’ decried in court. 1972 N. Sheresky & M. Mannes in Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 July 34/3 There are rules, decisions, and statutes instructing the judge that wives should not be permitted to become ‘alimony drones’—self-indulgent, indolent parasites. 2007 R. Duncan Judge's Guide to Divorce vii. 141 ‘Alimony drones’ who sit and pop bonbons while watching television or playing bridge all day are pretty much a thing of the past. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1613
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