housemaidenlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊsmeɪdnli/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊsˌmeɪdnli/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, maidenly adj.

Etymology: < house n.¹ + maidenly adj., after housemaid n. Compare barmaidenly adj. at barmaid n. Derivatives, and later housemaidenhood n. N.E.D. (1899) gives a secondary stress on the second syllable.

Now rare.

Of or characteristic of a housemaid.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [adjective]

menial1429

housemaidenly1839

1839 Metrop. Mag. June 186 Away flew Becky, with a peculiar sort of smile on her pretty, housemaidenly face.

1893 ‘B. Abbotsford’ But 49 A housemaid without the housemaidenly cap.

2005 R. Scruton Gentle Regrets (2006) 149 What an uncanny shelf of civilization is this square, the cathedral surmounting it and the city below—a neat well-dusted shelf, on which pots of culture have been placed by a housemaidenly hand.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	housemaidenly
释义	housemaidenlyadj. Brit. /ˈhaʊsmeɪdnli/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪdnli/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.¹, maidenly adj. Etymology: < house n.¹ + maidenly adj., after housemaid n. Compare barmaidenly adj. at barmaid n. Derivatives, and later housemaidenhood n. N.E.D. (1899) gives a secondary stress on the second syllable. Now rare. Of or characteristic of a housemaid. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [adjective] menial1429 housemaidenly1839 1839 Metrop. Mag. June 186 Away flew Becky, with a peculiar sort of smile on her pretty, housemaidenly face. 1893 ‘B. Abbotsford’ But 49 A housemaid without the housemaidenly cap. 2005 R. Scruton Gentle Regrets (2006) 149 What an uncanny shelf of civilization is this square, the cathedral surmounting it and the city below—a neat well-dusted shelf, on which pots of culture have been placed by a housemaidenly hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1839
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