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单词 daughterful
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daughterfuladj.

Brit. /ˈdɔːtəf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈdɔdərfəl/, /ˈdɑdərfəl/
Forms: see daughter n. and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: daughter n., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < daughter n. + -ful suffix, originally after German töchterreich (1795 in the source translated in quot. 1830, or earlier). Compare German töchtervoll (1795 in the same source, or earlier).
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.
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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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