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单词 housewifery
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housewiferyn.

Brit. /ˈhaʊswɪf(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈhaʊsˌwaɪfəri/
Forms: see housewife n. and -ry suffix; also 1500s housewiuerie, 1500s housewiuerye, 1500s howswyverye, 1500s–1600s housewiuery, 1500s–1600s huswiuerie, 1500s–1600s huswiuery, 1600s housewifry, 1600s housewiverie, 1600s housewivery, 1600s houswifrie, 1600s houswifry, 1600s houswiuerie, 1600s houswiuery, 1600s houswiverie, 1600s houswyfrie, 1600s husfrey, 1600s huswiffrie, 1600s huswifrey, 1600s huswif'ry, 1600s huswivery, 1600s huswiv'ry, 1700s huswifry.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: housewife n., -ry suffix.
Etymology: < housewife n. + -ry suffix. Compare earlier housewifeship n. N.E.D. (1899) also gives the pronunciation (hɒ·z(w)ifri) /ˈhʌz(w)ɪfrɪ/.
1.
a. The activity or occupation of being a housewife; household management; performance of domestic tasks; skill in this. Also: a domestic practice or task (now rare).
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 255 Huswyfery, yconomia.
1481 E. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 640 I deme here mynde hathe ben othere weys ocapyed þan as to huswyfery.
1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Aviiiv Womanlike behauiour and motherlike housewifry.
1570 T. Tusser (title) A hundreth good pointes of husbandry, lately maried vnto a hundreth good poynts of huswifery.
1608 E. M. Wingfield Disc. Virginia in Trans. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. (1860) 4 99 I had by my owne huswiferie bred aboue 37 [chickens],..of all wch, at my comyng awaie, I did not see three liueing.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxiii. 242 Skilled in housewiferies Of all kinds fitting.
1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 2) lxxxvii. 104 The very Point of Manage and Huswiv'ry.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 233 Women of great Figure look upon Huswifery as a City-Vertue.
1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) I. 89 From the Cleanliness of the Garret and Kitchen he judged of the good housewifery of the Mistress of the House.
1807 R. Wilson Diary 25 Feb. in Life (1862) II. vii. 111 Thanks to her housewifery, my chilled frame was soon warmed by several cups of good tea.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 208 My mother..learned severely right principles of truth, charity, and housewifery.
1917 G. W. Gough Yeoman Adventurer xxvi. 325 Jack and Kate were in the house-place busy with all sorts of housewiferies.
1971 R. F. Stein Disturbed Youth & Ethnic Family Patterns iv. 66 The mothers were..divided between housewifery and gainful employment.
2008 Redditch Advertiser (Nexis) 13 Dec. My mother scolds me about my sluttish housewifery.
b. The quality of managing resources with skill and economy to avoid undue waste; thrift, economy. Also in extended use. Now rare.Frequently with modifying word, as bad, good, etc.
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the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management
housewifeship?c1225
husbandryc1390
thriftiness1552
thrift?1553
housewifery1557
housewifeliness1561
husbanding1591
mesnagery1653
managery1658
mesnage1667
economy1670
scrimping1835
1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iv Of huswifry... For huswifes must husbande, as well as the man: or farewel thy husbandrie, do what you can.
1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 27* There may be a readie way to penurie by ill huswiferie.
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. G2v To cease your huswifry in spinning out The Play at length thus.
1733 S. Harrison House-keeper's Pocket-bk. Pref. p. x That Species of OE[c]onomy called Housewifry..teaches how to supply the deficiency of Wealth, by dresing and disposing all things Elegantly.
1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 28 Feb. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 70 Trying on a Coat she was altering, in a fit of Housewifery.
1820 J. Baillie Let. 27 Nov. in Sir Walter's Post-bag (1932) 145 My good housewifry was sorely taxed some ten days ago with paying sixteenpence for clay candlesticks to illuminate for the Queen.
1844 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 206/1 She felt she should degrade herself by attempting vindication from a charge so groundless as that of extravagance or bad housewifery.
1919 C. G. Smith Sc. Lit. v. 145 It is the wastrels of dialect and her own bad housewifery, which threaten to destroy her [sc. Scotland's] vernacular credit.
2. concrete. Items or products used for domestic purposes; household goods. Obsolete.In earliest use: fabrics or fabric items; cf. housekeeping goods n. at housekeeping n. Compounds 2.In quot. 1673-4: economic product.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > of a house
attirec1325
harness1340
gearc1380
household1420
stuff1438
household stuff1445
standard?1474
utensil1484
inspreith1488
utensilies1496
household goods1501
insight1522
wardrobe stuff?a1527
housewifery1552
plenishing1561
householdry1570
supellectile1584
household effects1762
sticks of furniture1777
house furnishing1827
houseware1827
ingear1835
supellex1849
household appliance1853
homeware1868
home1887
décor1926
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Huswiferye, lana et tela.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. A4 Amongst the cream-boles she did shine, As Pallace, mongst her Princely huswiferie.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. i. 204 Your hedge..which shall part your garden of huswifrie and pulse.
1673–4 N. Grew Vegetation Trunks vii. §12 Scotch-Cloath, is only the House~wifery of the same parts of the Barque of Nettle.
1822 L. Hunt Old Lady in Indicator 64 She..is a great..connoisseur in butcher's meat and all sorts of house-wifery.

Compounds

General attributive, as housewifery book, housewifery duty, housewifery school, etc.
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1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) facing f. 1 Mo lessons..Than huswiferie booke, doth vtter or tell.
1677 A. Behn Town-fopp i. i. 3 [To] have the consolation, of seeing your frugal Huswifery Miss, sit in the Pit, at a Play, in a long Scarf, and Night-gown, for want of Points, and Garniture.
1712 J. Norris Profitable Advice for Rich & Poor 17 These People are bought to Employ them in..what ever their Masters..have occasion to be done; the Townsman for his Business, and the Country Farmer..about their Husbandry, or Houswifery Business.
1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding iii. vi. 40 I have a set of the courtliest phrases in my huswifry book! I'll con them by heart.
1843 Eclectic Museum Jan. 137/2 The English housewifery practice of combining sugar with salt in the meat-curing.
1858 E. C. Grey Cousin Harry I. xviii. 164 The housewifery duties..gave her as much exercise as she could very comfortably get through.
1891 Rev. of Reviews 4 584/1 Housewifery schools were established.
1906 Daily Chron. 16 Mar. 8/1 It is a fashion now for girls leaving school to finish with a housewifery course.
1988 E. J. Perkins Econ. Colonial Amer. (ed. 2) vi. 141 Housewifery duties were more varied and included..milking cows, feeding swine,..making butter and cheese, [etc.].
2000 Jrnl. Women's Hist. (Nexis) 12 137 Nurses largely had become the experts to which the new housewifery schools referred, and whom they employed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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