howdien.

Brit.

/ˈhaʊdi/, U.S.

/ˈhaʊdi/, Scottish English

/ˈhʌʊdɪ/

Forms: Also howdy.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Note . The conjectured derivation from the phrase how d'ye? is impossible, since the Sc. form would then have been /huːdɪ/. On the analogy of Sc. gowdie = goldie n., howdy might go back to holdie, an appellative (like brownie, etc.) from hold, friendly, benevolent, kind: compare French sage-femme.

Scottish and northern dialect, vulgar.

A midwife.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun]

midwifec1300

childwifea1387

midwomana1400

Lucinac1405

matron?a1425

grace-wifec1600

Mother Midnight1602

headswoman1615

handwoman1637

sage woman1672

howdie1725

accoucheur1727

granny1738

obstetrix1773

accoucheuse1795

dukun1817

fingersmith1819

wise woman1821

obstetrician1826

obstetrist1873

tocologist1902

birth attendant1910

S.C.M.1935

monitrice1969

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iii When Mungo's mare stood still and swat wi' fright, When he brought east the howdy under night.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 11 The laird's servant..rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. ix. i. 222 She was determined..to have at the occasion a howdie instead of an accoucheur.

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 853 The most illustrious man-howdie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	howdie
释义	howdien. Brit. /ˈhaʊdi/, U.S. /ˈhaʊdi/, Scottish English /ˈhʌʊdɪ/ Forms: Also howdy. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Note . The conjectured derivation from the phrase how d'ye? is impossible, since the Sc. form would then have been /huːdɪ/. On the analogy of Sc. gowdie = goldie n., howdy might go back to holdie, an appellative (like brownie, etc.) from hold, friendly, benevolent, kind: compare French sage-femme. Scottish and northern dialect, vulgar. A midwife. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > one skilled in obstetrics or midwifery > [noun] midwifec1300 childwifea1387 midwomana1400 Lucinac1405 matron?a1425 grace-wifec1600 Mother Midnight1602 headswoman1615 handwoman1637 sage woman1672 howdie1725 accoucheur1727 granny1738 obstetrix1773 accoucheuse1795 dukun1817 fingersmith1819 wise woman1821 obstetrician1826 obstetrist1873 tocologist1902 birth attendant1910 S.C.M.1935 monitrice1969 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iii When Mungo's mare stood still and swat wi' fright, When he brought east the howdy under night. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 11 The laird's servant..rade express by this e'en to fetch the houdie. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd III. ix. i. 222 She was determined..to have at the occasion a howdie instead of an accoucheur. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 32 853 The most illustrious man-howdie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1725
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