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单词 frauendienst
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Frauendienstn.

/ˈfraʊəndiːnst/
Etymology: Title of a work by U. von Lichtenstein (d. c1275); < German frauen plural of frau woman + dienst service.
Exaggerated chivalry towards women. Also transferred.
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Frauendienst1932
1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 525/2 As the expression of all that was fantastic and ridiculous in the age of chivalry, must be mentioned the Frauendienst of Ulrich von Lichtenstein, a work which was written about the middle of the 13th century... The author relates the amazing tasks imposed on him by his mistress.]
1932 Ess. & Stud. 17 66 Chaucer is emphasizing that parody, or imitation, or rivalry..of the Christian religion which was inherent in traditional Frauendienst.
1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 69 And his goal The Frauendienst of his weak soul.
1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 212 We find neither outright sexual passion nor sentimental Frauendienst.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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