† lifelikinsn.int.

Forms: 1600s lifelykins, 1600s–1700s lifelikins.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: lifekins n., -li-.

Etymology: Alteration of lifekins n., with insertion of -li-, perhaps an intensifying element (compare bodlikins (see bodikin n. 2), heartlikins (see heartlikins int.); probably compare also -ly suffix¹). Compare earlier lifelings n.

Obsolete.

(God's) lifelikins: (in oaths and asseverations) = by my life at life n. Phrases 7a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > with reference to life

by (also for, of, on) my lifec1225

(God's) lifelikinsa1644

a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) iv. i. 55 No verily, I see him not to day: Huds lifelykins, Alas poore heart, But 'tis no matter.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxviii. 404 Lifelikins, says she, I know no more Reason I have to Obey my Husband, then my Husband has to Obey me.

1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. xi. 249 You'll be a little Queen among them. Lifelikins! how you will be admir'd!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	lifelikins
释义	† lifelikinsn.int. Forms: 1600s lifelykins, 1600s–1700s lifelikins. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: lifekins n., -li-. Etymology: Alteration of lifekins n., with insertion of -li-, perhaps an intensifying element (compare bodlikins (see bodikin n. 2), heartlikins (see heartlikins int.); probably compare also -ly suffix¹). Compare earlier lifelings n. Obsolete. (God's) lifelikins: (in oaths and asseverations) = by my life at life n. Phrases 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > with reference to life by (also for, of, on) my lifec1225 (God's) lifelikinsa1644 a1644 F. Quarles Virgin Widow (1649) iv. i. 55 No verily, I see him not to day: Huds lifelykins, Alas poore heart, But 'tis no matter. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxviii. 404 Lifelikins, says she, I know no more Reason I have to Obey my Husband, then my Husband has to Obey me. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. xi. 249 You'll be a little Queen among them. Lifelikins! how you will be admir'd! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.int.a1644
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