单词 | daughterless |
释义 | daughterlessadj. Without a daughter or daughters; having no daughters. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adjective] > childless childlessc1175 daughterlessc1300 childrenlessa1387 bairnlessa1400 sonlessa1425 issueless1447 childerless1549 orb1607 unchilded1610 babyless1852 c1300 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 623 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 (MED) Duptac was þo douterles..Joyvol he was and glad ynou, vor he behet hure one. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 903 Ye schull for me be dowhterles. 1825 C. B. Sheridan tr. Songs Greece i. ii. 119 Then Yioryi's trembling mother rose, Widow'd and daughterless. 1887 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 434 Wifeless and daughterless. 1920 N. L. Sims Rural Community viii. 376 The daughterless housewife also could obtain all the help needed by calling upon the neighborhood girls. 1985 C. T. Neely Broken Nuptials in Shakespeare's Plays v. 168 Antiochus..is left essentially wifeless, daughterless, and heirless. 2007 S. Talty Empire Blue Water 275 A faith healer from La Mancha, the seventh son of a daughterless couple. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1300 |
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