| 单词 | lady wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslady wife d. Prefixed to a designation of relationship, as mother, sister, wife, etc., as a mark of respect. Now chiefly in lady wife, esp. in (humorous) representations of overly formal or genteel speech. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > for relatives lady1409 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife wifeeOE womanc1275 peerc1330 spousessc1384 ladyc1390 good lady1502 girl?a1513 spousage1513 little lady1523 the weaker vessel1526 companion1535 wedlock1566 Mrs1572 dame1574 rib?1590 feme1595 fathom1602 feme covert1602 shrew1606 wife of one's bosom1611 kickie-wickiea1616 heifer1616 sposa1624 bosom-partner1633 goodwife1654 little woman1715 squaw1767 the Mrs1821 missus1823 maw1826 lady wife1840 tart1864 mistress1873 mama1916 ball and chain1921 trouble and strife1929 old boot1958 1409 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 73 We [sc. the Earl of Angus] haf sett to the sele of oure lady oure modyr. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1932) III. l. 16281 (MED) Lady Modyr..ȝoure broþer he [sc. Arthur] is. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 522 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 239 And when he sawe hys mother goynge, He sayde, alas, Lady mother, speake with me. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii. xii, in Wks. 227/2 But were I Pope. By my soule quod he, I would ye wer, & my lady your wife Popesse too. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus ii. vi. 983 A Turkey Pye, or a piece of Venison, which my Lady Grand-mother sent me. 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy iv. 63 Your businesse with my Lady daughter, Toss-pot? 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. v. 231 Answer for yourself, Lady Cousin. View more context for this quotation 1794 T. Dwight Greenfield Hill vi. 141 Ambitious, with his lady-wife, Aims at a higher walk of life. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxiii. 182 But that my Ladye-mother there Sits lonely in her castle-hall. 1840 C. Dickens Let. ?Jan. (1969) II. 7 I wish I could send you some autographs..but I find..that my lady wife has been bestowing them upon her friends. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud iv. in Maud & Other Poems 16 I bow'd to his lady-sister as she rode by. 1895 C. M. Yonge Long Vac. xxviii. 292 Mr. White, in his joy at possessing his graceful lady wife, had spared no expense. 1915 ‘Bartimeus’ Naval Occasions (new ed.) xxiv. 253 The Bridegroom's Lady Mother kissed the Indiarubber Man because no one else seemed to want to. 1969 Listener 27 Mar. 417/3 We don't think you've laid enough emphasis on the colonel's foresight, courage, and heroic lady wife. 1987 Times 16 June 16/6 ‘Good morning sir—and what a lovely morning it is,’ says the landlord of the Harp and Two Cherubims. ‘Now what can I oblige you and your lady wife with today?’ 2001 J. Coe Rotters' Club (2002) xv. 236 A trivial argument with Gladys, my good lady wife, over the correct position to adopt while singing the third verse of the National Anthem. < as lemmas |
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