mother-lawn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌðəlɔː/, U.S.

/ˈməðərˌlɔ/,

/ˈməðərˌlɑ/

Forms: see mother n.¹ and law n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: mother-in-law n.

Etymology: Shortened < mother-in-law n.

Now English regional (chiefly south-western).

A mother-in-law; a stepmother.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > mother-in-law

mother-in-lawa1382

eldmotherc1440

good-mother1491

mother-law1526

mother-of-law1538

mother1589

mother-on-law1670

mama-in-law1855

ma-in-law1899

mum-in-law1975

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcviij^v The motherelawe agaynst the doughterelawe.

1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs vi. f. 53^v But Lady Fortvne is A Damme to them, she seemes to vs A Mother lawe ywis. This Stepdamme sterne doth deale With vs in cruell sorte.

1637 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 169 My mother lawes children.

a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle v. i. sig. F8, in Five New Playes (1653) Your Mother-'Law..is fallen into a fit.

1786 J. Woodforde Diary 7 Aug. (1926) II. 262 I gave Robert a Receipt on stampt Paper, and to let him with his Mother Law continue on the Estate.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) I toud 'im if 'e couldna afford to tak' a 'ouse to lave me w'eer I wuz, fur I wunna gweïn to no mother-law.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Mother-law, mother-in-law. The in is always omitted in this and similar relationships.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxi. 5 Ye ought to ha' been calling me mother-law these last five months.

a1903 E. H. Goddard in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 172/2 [North Wiltshire] Mother-law [a mother-in-law].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mother-law
释义	mother-lawn. Brit. /ˈmʌðəlɔː/, U.S. /ˈməðərˌlɔ/, /ˈməðərˌlɑ/ Forms: see mother n.¹ and law n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: mother-in-law n. Etymology: Shortened < mother-in-law n. Now English regional (chiefly south-western). A mother-in-law; a stepmother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > mother-in-law mother-in-lawa1382 eldmotherc1440 good-mother1491 mother-law1526 mother-of-law1538 mother1589 mother-on-law1670 mama-in-law1855 ma-in-law1899 mum-in-law1975 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xii. f. xcviij^v The motherelawe agaynst the doughterelawe. 1567 G. Turberville tr. G. B. Spagnoli Eglogs vi. f. 53^v But Lady Fortvne is A Damme to them, she seemes to vs A Mother lawe ywis. This Stepdamme sterne doth deale With vs in cruell sorte. 1637 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 169 My mother lawes children. a1652 R. Brome Damoiselle v. i. sig. F8, in Five New Playes (1653) Your Mother-'Law..is fallen into a fit. 1786 J. Woodforde Diary 7 Aug. (1926) II. 262 I gave Robert a Receipt on stampt Paper, and to let him with his Mother Law continue on the Estate. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) I toud 'im if 'e couldna afford to tak' a 'ouse to lave me w'eer I wuz, fur I wunna gweïn to no mother-law. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Mother-law, mother-in-law. The in is always omitted in this and similar relationships. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxi. 5 Ye ought to ha' been calling me mother-law these last five months. a1903 E. H. Goddard in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 172/2 [North Wiltshire] Mother-law [a mother-in-law]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1526
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