foster-childn.

Brit.

/ˈfɒstətʃʌɪld/, U.S.

/ˈfɔstərˌtʃaɪld/,

/ˈfɑstərˌtʃaɪld/

Etymology: Old English fóstercild, < foster n.¹

A child as related to persons who have reared it as their own, or (esp. in Ireland and the Highlands) to its wet nurse and her husband; a nursling.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foster-child

fosterlingc1000

foster-childa1200

fosterc1275

nurryc1330

nurse-child1562

alum1683

dalt1775

rearling1832

a1200 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 538 Alumnus, fostercild.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd3^v I auow by this most sacred head Of my deare foster childe, to ease thy griefe.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 179 The Foster-Children doe loue and are beloued of their foster-fathers.

1717 J. Addison in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses iii. 346 The Goddess thus beguil'd, With pleasing Stories, her false Foster-child.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 151 Torquil, who entertained for his foster-child even a double portion of that passionate fondness.

figurative.1820 J. Keats Ode on Grecian Urn in Lamia & Other Poems 113 Thou foster-child of silence and slow time.1846 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. iv. 153 Leibnitz..[was] a foster-child of literature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foster-child
释义	foster-childn. Brit. /ˈfɒstətʃʌɪld/, U.S. /ˈfɔstərˌtʃaɪld/, /ˈfɑstərˌtʃaɪld/ Etymology: Old English fóstercild, < foster n.¹ A child as related to persons who have reared it as their own, or (esp. in Ireland and the Highlands) to its wet nurse and her husband; a nursling. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > foster-child fosterlingc1000 foster-childa1200 fosterc1275 nurryc1330 nurse-child1562 alum1683 dalt1775 rearling1832 a1200 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 538 Alumnus, fostercild. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd3^v I auow by this most sacred head Of my deare foster childe, to ease thy griefe. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 179 The Foster-Children doe loue and are beloued of their foster-fathers. 1717 J. Addison in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses iii. 346 The Goddess thus beguil'd, With pleasing Stories, her false Foster-child. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 151 Torquil, who entertained for his foster-child even a double portion of that passionate fondness. figurative.1820 J. Keats Ode on Grecian Urn in Lamia & Other Poems 113 Thou foster-child of silence and slow time.1846 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. iv. 153 Leibnitz..[was] a foster-child of literature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1200
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