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单词 daughterless
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daughterlessadj.

Brit. /ˈdɔːtələs/, U.S. /ˈdɔdərləs/, /ˈdɑdərləs/
Forms: see daughter n. and -less suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: daughter n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < daughter n. + -less suffix.Apparently re-formed in the 19th century.
Without a daughter or daughters; having no daughters.
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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).
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