fem semn.

Brit.

/ˈfɛm ˌsɛm/, U.S.

/ˈfɛm ˌsɛm/

Forms: 1800s fem. sem. (with points), 1800s– fem sem (without points). Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: female adj., seminary n.¹

Etymology: Shortened < female seminary ( < female adj. + seminary n.¹), originally as a graphic abbreviation.

U.S. (colloquial in later use). Now rare and historical.

A female seminary; a women's college. Also: a woman or girl who attends such a college. Cf. co-ed n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > college > other colleges

agricultural college1778

state college1806

ladies' college1835

fem sem1842

junior college1899

ag1905

correspondence college1911

Aggie1920

seven sisters1927

juku1962

sixth-form college1965

1842 Goshen (Indiana) Democrat 13 Jan. Sarah L. Willard, Prin. Troy Fem. Sem.

1856 E. Nason in Geneal. Reg. Inhabitants Sherborn & Holliston 200 [He] has 6 sons 2 dgs. [sc. daughters]; one a teacher in Phipps Fem. Sem.

1872 St. James's Mag. 30 621 A large gymnasium, where the ‘Fem Sems’, as they were familiarly called, disported themselves in the exercise-hour of rainy days.

1912 H. M. Rideout William Jones iv. 35 The boys in their caps and gowns, and the fem- sems..seated in the seats behind them.., made the old Chapel look better than it ever did.

1942 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 35 115 Educational opportunities for girls [in the mid 19th cent.]..were limited to female seminaries, referred to either with affection or contempt as ‘fem-sems’.

1968 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 14 Sept. 9/4 The handsome frame home was once one of the two buildings housing the Glen Female Seminary, more often referred to as the ‘Glen Fem Sem’.

2006 L. Peril College Girls vii. 292 Even with these opportunities [sc. dances, etc., with men's colleges] for gals at the fem sems to take advantage of,..the coed's opportunities to meet boys on campus were..boundless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fem sem
释义	fem semn. Brit. /ˈfɛm ˌsɛm/, U.S. /ˈfɛm ˌsɛm/ Forms: 1800s fem. sem. (with points), 1800s– fem sem (without points). Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: female adj., seminary n.¹ Etymology: Shortened < female seminary ( < female adj. + seminary n.¹), originally as a graphic abbreviation. U.S. (colloquial in later use). Now rare and historical. A female seminary; a women's college. Also: a woman or girl who attends such a college. Cf. co-ed n. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > college > other colleges agricultural college1778 state college1806 ladies' college1835 fem sem1842 junior college1899 ag1905 correspondence college1911 Aggie1920 seven sisters1927 juku1962 sixth-form college1965 1842 Goshen (Indiana) Democrat 13 Jan. Sarah L. Willard, Prin. Troy Fem. Sem. 1856 E. Nason in Geneal. Reg. Inhabitants Sherborn & Holliston 200 [He] has 6 sons 2 dgs. [sc. daughters]; one a teacher in Phipps Fem. Sem. 1872 St. James's Mag. 30 621 A large gymnasium, where the ‘Fem Sems’, as they were familiarly called, disported themselves in the exercise-hour of rainy days. 1912 H. M. Rideout William Jones iv. 35 The boys in their caps and gowns, and the fem- sems..seated in the seats behind them.., made the old Chapel look better than it ever did. 1942 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 35 115 Educational opportunities for girls [in the mid 19th cent.]..were limited to female seminaries, referred to either with affection or contempt as ‘fem-sems’. 1968 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 14 Sept. 9/4 The handsome frame home was once one of the two buildings housing the Glen Female Seminary, more often referred to as the ‘Glen Fem Sem’. 2006 L. Peril College Girls vii. 292 Even with these opportunities [sc. dances, etc., with men's colleges] for gals at the fem sems to take advantage of,..the coed's opportunities to meet boys on campus were..boundless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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