good-sistern.

Brit.

/ˈɡʊdsɪstə/, U.S.

/ˈɡʊdˌsɪstər/, Scottish English

/ˈɡudsɪstər/

Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and sister n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., sister n.

Etymology: < good adj. + sister n. Compare Middle French, French belle-sœur (1423). Compare earlier good-brother n., and also good-daughter n., good-father n., good-mother n., good-son n.

Originally and chiefly Scottish.

A sister-in-law.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sister-in-law

sisterc1405

sister-in-law1440

good-sister1515

sister-law1530

1515 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) IV. 69 That his gud systyr the Quenys grace be nocht therby mynyst in hyr autorite.

1597 Edinb. Test. XXX. f. 170, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Gud(e)sister I leif to my guidsister..ane new bongrace.

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. ix. 102 As to Dispositions by Parents to Children, but by Brothers and Sisters to Brothers, or to Good-Brothers and Good-Sisters.

1704 in H. Paton Session Bk. Wigtown (1934) 64 The said wife of Baillie James M'Kie..being interrogate what was the occasion of her meeting with her good sister upon the Communion Sabbath?

1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxii. 210 This is a sair day for us a'—and for nane mair sae than your afflicted gude-sister there and her twa bairns.

1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 195 Goodson, a son-in-law. Goodsister, Goodfather, are all used in the same way.

1905 N. Munro in Glasgow Evening News 16 Jan. 2/5 I will go over and see my good-sister at Helensburgh.

1941 N. M. Gunn Silver Darlings iii. 56 If you step up with me the length of my good-sister's, she'll know surely.

2010 P. McIntosh Pig of Cold Poison vi. 118 She tells me she and Agnes and your good-sister do a lot of the stillroom work for the business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	good-sister
释义	good-sistern. Brit. /ˈɡʊdsɪstə/, U.S. /ˈɡʊdˌsɪstər/, Scottish English /ˈɡudsɪstər/ Forms: see good adj., n., adv., and int. and sister n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., sister n. Etymology: < good adj. + sister n. Compare Middle French, French belle-sœur (1423). Compare earlier good-brother n., and also good-daughter n., good-father n., good-mother n., good-son n. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A sister-in-law. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sister-in-law sisterc1405 sister-in-law1440 good-sister1515 sister-law1530 1515 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) IV. 69 That his gud systyr the Quenys grace be nocht therby mynyst in hyr autorite. 1597 Edinb. Test. XXX. f. 170, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Gud(e)sister I leif to my guidsister..ane new bongrace. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. ix. 102 As to Dispositions by Parents to Children, but by Brothers and Sisters to Brothers, or to Good-Brothers and Good-Sisters. 1704 in H. Paton Session Bk. Wigtown (1934) 64 The said wife of Baillie James M'Kie..being interrogate what was the occasion of her meeting with her good sister upon the Communion Sabbath? 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xxii. 210 This is a sair day for us a'—and for nane mair sae than your afflicted gude-sister there and her twa bairns. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. 195 Goodson, a son-in-law. Goodsister, Goodfather, are all used in the same way. 1905 N. Munro in Glasgow Evening News 16 Jan. 2/5 I will go over and see my good-sister at Helensburgh. 1941 N. M. Gunn Silver Darlings iii. 56 If you step up with me the length of my good-sister's, she'll know surely. 2010 P. McIntosh Pig of Cold Poison vi. 118 She tells me she and Agnes and your good-sister do a lot of the stillroom work for the business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1515
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