单词 | daughterful |
释义 | daughterfuladj. literary and somewhat rare. Full of daughters; having many daughters.In quot. 1830 as part of an extended metaphor in which books are imagined as daughters. ΚΠ 1830 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in Foreign Rev. 5 45 In a daughter-full house [Ger. in einem töchterreichen Hause], there must..be confessionals for all nations. 1878 Newcastle Courant 5 Apr. 6/6 Very dreary, indeed, are the faces worn by members of daughterful houses as they sit in the drawing-room window. 1904 M. Michelson Madigans 26 His abiding disgust with the human, daughterful world. 1934 B. Britten Let. 30 Mar. in Lett. from Life (1991) I. 332 I hope..you will have quite a cheerful Easter with your children—although you are sonless and daughterful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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