motherlikeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmʌðəlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈməðərˌlaɪk/

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

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

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + -like suffix.

A. adj.

Resembling a mother; having the qualities of a mother, maternal; befitting or characteristic of a mother.Apparently unattested between the mid 17th and mid 19th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adjective] > resembling a mother

motherlike1530

motherly1530

maternal1785

motherish1851

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 319/1 Motherlyke belongyng to a mother, maternal.

1606 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes III. §98 It is a mother-like fauour of the earth, that she beares and nourishes me.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Thess. ii. 11) Here he tempers his mother-like meekness with the gravity and authority of a father.

1835 E. S. Wortley Travelling Sketches 20 As though the fair Earth had In Mother-like solicitude sent these [vines]..to seize And bind ye to her loving breast.

1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 282 She was so glad over me, so motherlike.

1930 Sci. Monthly 31 299/1 The activities of a mother-like nature.

1990 Daughters of Sarah Nov. 23/1 If we consider motherhood to be the only appropriate role for women, talking about God's motherlike qualities will merely confirm patriarchal limitations on women's lives.

†B. adv.

In a manner characteristic of a mother. Obsolete.Apparently unattested between the mid 17th and mid 19th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

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

motherlyOE

motherlike1537

maternally1869

1537 J. Husee Let. 29 June in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/20) f. 21 Your Ladiship I dowzt not wyll instruct them motherlycke.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 98 At last he bringeth in the mother, speakyng motherlike, in her childrens behalfe of this sort.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxviii. 124 Mother-like I moane their death.

1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. C6^v Three times a yeare doe view, that spring by consuetude, And mother-like (what beasts detests) abhorre ingratitude.

1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick ii. 13 Mother-like..she could not but regard these young things as intruders.

1884 Harper's Mag. May 928/2 I didn't say a word, but went to my mother, and she, mother-like, comforted me with a big dinner which she had kept for me.

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

单词	motherlike
释义	motherlikeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈmʌðəlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈməðərˌlaɪk/ Forms: see mother n.¹ and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mother n.¹, -like suffix. Etymology: < mother n.¹ + -like suffix. A. adj. Resembling a mother; having the qualities of a mother, maternal; befitting or characteristic of a mother.Apparently unattested between the mid 17th and mid 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adjective] > resembling a mother motherlike1530 motherly1530 maternal1785 motherish1851 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 319/1 Motherlyke belongyng to a mother, maternal. 1606 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes III. §98 It is a mother-like fauour of the earth, that she beares and nourishes me. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Thess. ii. 11) Here he tempers his mother-like meekness with the gravity and authority of a father. 1835 E. S. Wortley Travelling Sketches 20 As though the fair Earth had In Mother-like solicitude sent these [vines]..to seize And bind ye to her loving breast. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 282 She was so glad over me, so motherlike. 1930 Sci. Monthly 31 299/1 The activities of a mother-like nature. 1990 Daughters of Sarah Nov. 23/1 If we consider motherhood to be the only appropriate role for women, talking about God's motherlike qualities will merely confirm patriarchal limitations on women's lives. †B. adv. In a manner characteristic of a mother. Obsolete.Apparently unattested between the mid 17th and mid 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adverb] motherlyOE motherlike1537 maternally1869 1537 J. Husee Let. 29 June in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/20) f. 21 Your Ladiship I dowzt not wyll instruct them motherlycke. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 98 At last he bringeth in the mother, speakyng motherlike, in her childrens behalfe of this sort. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxviii. 124 Mother-like I moane their death. 1626 J. Kennedy Hist. Calanthrop & Lucilla sig. C6^v Three times a yeare doe view, that spring by consuetude, And mother-like (what beasts detests) abhorre ingratitude. 1878 S. Smiles Robert Dick ii. 13 Mother-like..she could not but regard these young things as intruders. 1884 Harper's Mag. May 928/2 I didn't say a word, but went to my mother, and she, mother-like, comforted me with a big dinner which she had kept for me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1530
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