motherhoodn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌðəhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈməðərˌ(h)ʊd/

Forms: see mother n.¹ and -hood suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.¹, -hood suffix.

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + -hood suffix. Compare earlier motherhead n.

A. n.

†a. With possessive adjective: a title of respect for a mother. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1459 E. Poynings in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 206 Right worshipfull and my most entierly beloude moder..I recom[m]aund me vnto youre gode moderhode, besekyng you dayly and nyghtly of your moderly blissing.

?1473 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 132 (MED) I mekely beseche..alle myty Jhesu to preserve your good fadyrhod and your modyrs good modyrhod, amen.

b. The state, condition, or fact of being a mother. Cf. motherhead n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun]

motherheadc1350

motherhooda1500

maternity1611

mothering1817

motherdom1916

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 60 (MED) A candyll brennyng..bytokenyth also our ladyys modyrhode and maydynhede, lightnet wyth þe fyre of loue.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 For my part I no more acknowledge Venus without Cupid, then a motherhood without an ofspring.

1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 897 Mother-hood, Maternitas.

1701 E. Sherburne tr. Seneca Medea i. i, in tr. Seneca Trag. 7 More horrid Acts of Blood Suit with our married state, and Motherhood.

1837 C. Lofft Self-formation II. 103 Rejoicing in thy motherhood.

1869 Mrs. Heaton A. Dürer (1881) i. iii. 62 Some women need the warm sun of motherhood to ripen their true nature.

1919 E. Wharton French Ways vi. i. 115 It is precisely at the moment when her experience is rounded by marriage, motherhood, and the responsibilities, cares and interests of her own household, that the average American woman is, so to speak, ‘withdrawn from circulation’.

1957 Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy 11 84 Marriage, motherhood, and a husband are a woman's life and he wants that as a fulfillment of his femininity.

1987 USA Today 14 Oct. 1/5 Women who choose to juggle careers, family and motherhood ‘will face continuing adjustment problems’.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Pref. 8 That were against his owne Apostleship, and the motherhood Rome by him got here.

1671 E. Stillingfleet Disc. Idolatry 260 Three properties in the Holy Trinity, of the Fatherhead, of the Motherhood, and of the Lordship.

1873 B. Gregory Holy Catholic Church xv. 156 The motherhood of the Church was manifested..in her respect for the individuality of her children.

1975 R. Pitter End of Drought 21 Your dozen of droughty damsons, what are they? Not worth a thieving boy's taking away... Your whole year's work—your motherhood, all in vain!

d. motherhood and apple-pie n. (in allusive and similative use) something regarded as so unquestionably good as to be beyond criticism; spec. (usually ironic or with pejorative connotations) something exemplifying traditionally wholesome American values. In later use, frequently attributive or as adj.: representing irrefutable and unquestionable goodness and integrity.

ΚΠ

1960 B. Manville Saloon Society 25 I hate the New York Times, the Bronx, apple pie, motherhood, the forty-hour week, the Beat Generation, and Shirley Temple!

1970 North Western Reporter 2nd Ser. 183 317 But above all there was the word and the word was F-U-C-K. The universal language of his kingdom. What motivated men to write that one lone word? Fuck what? O'Malley? Life? God? Country? Motherhood? Apple pie? The girl next door?

1971 Science 26 Mar. 1200 For many Americans the automobile is more of a tradition than motherhood and apple pie.]

1976 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Aug. 48 They urge multinational corporations to be competitive, to hire without discrimination, to avoid bribes, to heed host countries' economic policies and to disclose sales, profits and employment data by geographic area. Motherhood and apple pie.

1988 Parl. Hist. 7 190 To desire the advancement of a learned preaching ministry, whether for political or for theological reasons or both, was to be in favour of motherhood and apple pie.

1992 Economist 18 Apr. 111/1 The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a 15-year old motherhood-and-apple-pie law that was supposed to make banks lend more to the poor and to minorities in the areas where they take deposits.

1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 8 Feb. g2/2 Few ideas in corporate America have so quickly attained motherhood-and-apple-pie status as the notion that top executives should own big stakes in their companies.

2. Motherly feeling, love, or care. Cf. motherhead n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > motherly love or affection

mother-loveOE

motherheada1393

motherhood1593

mother1725

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 33 b Not hate but hunger, taught Miriam to forget mother-hood.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Maternality, Mother-hood, &c.

1875 D. M. Mulock Serm. out of Church (1881) iii. 99 The mere fact of bringing eight or ten children into the world does not in the least imply true motherhood.

1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 100 All past attainment which his spirit hath won came to him thru' motherhood of the nursling boy.

3. Mothers collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > collectively

motherhood1835

1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 101 The motherhood of Great Britain was in a conspiracy to entrap him.

1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) iii. 82 It was full of young people and even children, though the general tone was a little too fast for the main body of Edinburgh motherhood.

†4. Cultural Anthropology. A clan constituted by kinship through the mother. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > matrilineal

motherhood1884

matriclan1937

1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 108 A man of the Mouse ‘motherhood’, as the totem kindred is locally styled, may not eat mice.

B. adj. (attributive).

Chiefly North American. Universally favoured or supported; uncontroversial, bland, anodyne. Esp. in motherhood issue, motherhood statement. Cf. motherhood and apple-pie n. at sense A. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > universally favoured or supported

motherhood1973

1973 Ottawa Jrnl. 4 Apr. 6/2 They think public participation is such a motherhood issue in politics these days that it must be paid homage to at all cost.

1974 Ottawa Citizen 14 Nov. 37/2 Opposition spokesmen attacked him for presenting a ‘motherhood’ report which told nothing of the real situation of the peacekeeping forces, only that Canadian troops are loved overseas.

1990 Mod. Railways Aug. 403/3 Valuing people is on the borderline of being what Burdsall calls a ‘motherhood phrase’—something innocuous that everyone supports.

2001 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 Feb. 9/1 In the language of American politics, ‘motherhood’ is synonymous with bland causes that no politician can publicly oppose. Yet, properly understood, motherhood is no motherhood issue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	motherhood
释义	motherhoodn.adj. Brit. /ˈmʌðəhʊd/, U.S. /ˈməðərˌ(h)ʊd/ Forms: see mother n.¹ and -hood suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.¹, -hood suffix. Etymology: < mother n.¹ + -hood suffix. Compare earlier motherhead n. A. n. 1. †a. With possessive adjective: a title of respect for a mother. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1459 E. Poynings in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 206 Right worshipfull and my most entierly beloude moder..I recom[m]aund me vnto youre gode moderhode, besekyng you dayly and nyghtly of your moderly blissing. ?1473 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 132 (MED) I mekely beseche..alle myty Jhesu to preserve your good fadyrhod and your modyrs good modyrhod, amen. b. The state, condition, or fact of being a mother. Cf. motherhead n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [noun] motherheadc1350 motherhooda1500 maternity1611 mothering1817 motherdom1916 a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 60 (MED) A candyll brennyng..bytokenyth also our ladyys modyrhode and maydynhede, lightnet wyth þe fyre of loue. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. iii. 497 For my part I no more acknowledge Venus without Cupid, then a motherhood without an ofspring. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 897 Mother-hood, Maternitas. 1701 E. Sherburne tr. Seneca Medea i. i, in tr. Seneca Trag. 7 More horrid Acts of Blood Suit with our married state, and Motherhood. 1837 C. Lofft Self-formation II. 103 Rejoicing in thy motherhood. 1869 Mrs. Heaton A. Dürer (1881) i. iii. 62 Some women need the warm sun of motherhood to ripen their true nature. 1919 E. Wharton French Ways vi. i. 115 It is precisely at the moment when her experience is rounded by marriage, motherhood, and the responsibilities, cares and interests of her own household, that the average American woman is, so to speak, ‘withdrawn from circulation’. 1957 Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy 11 84 Marriage, motherhood, and a husband are a woman's life and he wants that as a fulfillment of his femininity. 1987 USA Today 14 Oct. 1/5 Women who choose to juggle careers, family and motherhood ‘will face continuing adjustment problems’. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Pref. 8 That were against his owne Apostleship, and the motherhood Rome by him got here. 1671 E. Stillingfleet Disc. Idolatry 260 Three properties in the Holy Trinity, of the Fatherhead, of the Motherhood, and of the Lordship. 1873 B. Gregory Holy Catholic Church xv. 156 The motherhood of the Church was manifested..in her respect for the individuality of her children. 1975 R. Pitter End of Drought 21 Your dozen of droughty damsons, what are they? Not worth a thieving boy's taking away... Your whole year's work—your motherhood, all in vain! d. motherhood and apple-pie n. (in allusive and similative use) something regarded as so unquestionably good as to be beyond criticism; spec. (usually ironic or with pejorative connotations) something exemplifying traditionally wholesome American values. In later use, frequently attributive or as adj.: representing irrefutable and unquestionable goodness and integrity. ΚΠ 1960 B. Manville Saloon Society 25 I hate the New York Times, the Bronx, apple pie, motherhood, the forty-hour week, the Beat Generation, and Shirley Temple! 1970 North Western Reporter 2nd Ser. 183 317 But above all there was the word and the word was F-U-C-K. The universal language of his kingdom. What motivated men to write that one lone word? Fuck what? O'Malley? Life? God? Country? Motherhood? Apple pie? The girl next door? 1971 Science 26 Mar. 1200 For many Americans the automobile is more of a tradition than motherhood and apple pie.] 1976 Forbes (Nexis) 1 Aug. 48 They urge multinational corporations to be competitive, to hire without discrimination, to avoid bribes, to heed host countries' economic policies and to disclose sales, profits and employment data by geographic area. Motherhood and apple pie. 1988 Parl. Hist. 7 190 To desire the advancement of a learned preaching ministry, whether for political or for theological reasons or both, was to be in favour of motherhood and apple pie. 1992 Economist 18 Apr. 111/1 The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a 15-year old motherhood-and-apple-pie law that was supposed to make banks lend more to the poor and to minorities in the areas where they take deposits. 1998 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 8 Feb. g2/2 Few ideas in corporate America have so quickly attained motherhood-and-apple-pie status as the notion that top executives should own big stakes in their companies. 2. Motherly feeling, love, or care. Cf. motherhead n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > motherly love or affection mother-loveOE motherheada1393 motherhood1593 mother1725 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 33 b Not hate but hunger, taught Miriam to forget mother-hood. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Maternality, Mother-hood, &c. 1875 D. M. Mulock Serm. out of Church (1881) iii. 99 The mere fact of bringing eight or ten children into the world does not in the least imply true motherhood. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 100 All past attainment which his spirit hath won came to him thru' motherhood of the nursling boy. 3. Mothers collectively. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] > collectively motherhood1835 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 101 The motherhood of Great Britain was in a conspiracy to entrap him. 1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) iii. 82 It was full of young people and even children, though the general tone was a little too fast for the main body of Edinburgh motherhood. †4. Cultural Anthropology. A clan constituted by kinship through the mother. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > clan > [noun] > matrilineal motherhood1884 matriclan1937 1884 A. Lang Custom & Myth 108 A man of the Mouse ‘motherhood’, as the totem kindred is locally styled, may not eat mice. B. adj. (attributive). Chiefly North American. Universally favoured or supported; uncontroversial, bland, anodyne. Esp. in motherhood issue, motherhood statement. Cf. motherhood and apple-pie n. at sense A. 1d. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] > universally favoured or supported motherhood1973 1973 Ottawa Jrnl. 4 Apr. 6/2 They think public participation is such a motherhood issue in politics these days that it must be paid homage to at all cost. 1974 Ottawa Citizen 14 Nov. 37/2 Opposition spokesmen attacked him for presenting a ‘motherhood’ report which told nothing of the real situation of the peacekeeping forces, only that Canadian troops are loved overseas. 1990 Mod. Railways Aug. 403/3 Valuing people is on the borderline of being what Burdsall calls a ‘motherhood phrase’—something innocuous that everyone supports. 2001 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 Feb. 9/1 In the language of American politics, ‘motherhood’ is synonymous with bland causes that no politician can publicly oppose. Yet, properly understood, motherhood is no motherhood issue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1459
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