Mother's Dayn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌðəz deɪ/, U.S.

/ˈməðərz ˌdeɪ/

Forms: 1800s– Mothers' Day, 1900s– Mother's Day.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, day n.

Etymology: < the genitive of mother n.¹ + day n. Compare earlier Mothering Day n. at mothering n.¹ Compounds 2.

1. A day on which mothers are particularly honoured: in North America now traditionally the second Sunday in May, and in Britain the fourth Sunday of Lent (also called Mothering Sunday).The North American celebration of Mother's Day has spread to numerous countries in both the English- and non-English-speaking worlds.Quot. 1874 refers to a day on which mothers met to advocate peace, as by the dissolution of a standing army, etc.

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year

Candlemas1014

May Day1267

All Souls' Dayc1300

midsummer evena1400

firstc1400

Beltane1424

midsummer eve1426

quarter day1435

Beltane1456

mid-Sundaya1475

madding-day1568

Lord Mayor's day1591

Barnaby bright1595

Lammas-eve1597

All Saints' Night1607

Handsel Monday1635

distaff's day1648

long Barnabya1657

St. Valentine's eve1671

leet-day1690

All Fools' Day1702

Boxing Day1743

April Fool's Day1748

Royal Oak Day1759

box day1765

Oak-apple Day1802

All Souls' Eve1805

mischief night1830

Shick-shack Day1847

chalk-back day1851

call night1864

Nut-Monday1867

Arbor Day1872

April Fool's1873

Labour Day1884

Martinmas Sunday1885

call day1886

Samhain1888

Juneteenth1890

Mother's Day1890

Father's Day1908

Thinking Day1927

Punkie night1931

Tweede Nuwejaar1947

1874 N.Y. Times 3 June 8/4 ‘Mother's Day’, which was inaugurated in this City on the 2d of June, 1872, by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, was celebrated last night..by a mother's peace meeting.]

1890 H. R. Pattengill (title) Special day exercises: arbor day, memorial days, state day, flag exercises, mothers' day, [etc.].

1908 Congress. Rec. 9 May 5971/1 Resolved, That Sunday, May 10, 1908, be recognized as Mothers' Day.

1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 264 In the First Methodist Church..they were going to distribute ‘Mother's Day Flowers to all Worshippers’. (On Mother's Day you must wear a red carnation if your mother is alive, a white one if she is dead.)

1958 Listener 27 Nov. 874/1 As uniquely and inimitably American as John Foster Dulles or Mothers' Day.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 242 In 1956 the majority of High Street shops [in Britain] were displaying ‘Mother's Day’ gifts in their windows.

1962 Listener 12 Apr. 628/1 Last Mother's Day—a retail selling device imported from the United States—the flower-shops were as busy as ice-cream vans during a heat wave.

1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 7 Something..had reminded them that ‘Mother's Day’ was upon them, with the shops full of suitable ‘gifts’ and the price of flowers suddenly going up.

2000 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 June 18/4 A press release..says the book was published ‘just in time for Mother's Day’.

2. U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage). The day on which a person (usually a woman) receives money, esp. unearned money such as a welfare payment.

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1979 Los Angeles Times 18 Nov. ii. 1 Mother's day..is when Social Security, veterans' pension and disability and welfare checks are delivered.

1991 Economist (Nexis) 30 Mar. 17 On Chicago's south side the day the monthly cheque arrives is nicknamed ‘mother's day’, because that is the day when absent sons and husbands turn up.

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

单词	mothers day
释义	Mother's Dayn. Brit. /ˈmʌðəz deɪ/, U.S. /ˈməðərz ˌdeɪ/ Forms: 1800s– Mothers' Day, 1900s– Mother's Day. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, day n. Etymology: < the genitive of mother n.¹ + day n. Compare earlier Mothering Day n. at mothering n.¹ Compounds 2. 1. A day on which mothers are particularly honoured: in North America now traditionally the second Sunday in May, and in Britain the fourth Sunday of Lent (also called Mothering Sunday).The North American celebration of Mother's Day has spread to numerous countries in both the English- and non-English-speaking worlds.Quot. 1874 refers to a day on which mothers met to advocate peace, as by the dissolution of a standing army, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year Candlemas1014 May Day1267 All Souls' Dayc1300 midsummer evena1400 firstc1400 Beltane1424 midsummer eve1426 quarter day1435 Beltane1456 mid-Sundaya1475 madding-day1568 Lord Mayor's day1591 Barnaby bright1595 Lammas-eve1597 All Saints' Night1607 Handsel Monday1635 distaff's day1648 long Barnabya1657 St. Valentine's eve1671 leet-day1690 All Fools' Day1702 Boxing Day1743 April Fool's Day1748 Royal Oak Day1759 box day1765 Oak-apple Day1802 All Souls' Eve1805 mischief night1830 Shick-shack Day1847 chalk-back day1851 call night1864 Nut-Monday1867 Arbor Day1872 April Fool's1873 Labour Day1884 Martinmas Sunday1885 call day1886 Samhain1888 Juneteenth1890 Mother's Day1890 Father's Day1908 Thinking Day1927 Punkie night1931 Tweede Nuwejaar1947 1874 N.Y. Times 3 June 8/4 ‘Mother's Day’, which was inaugurated in this City on the 2d of June, 1872, by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, was celebrated last night..by a mother's peace meeting.] 1890 H. R. Pattengill (title) Special day exercises: arbor day, memorial days, state day, flag exercises, mothers' day, [etc.]. 1908 Congress. Rec. 9 May 5971/1 Resolved, That Sunday, May 10, 1908, be recognized as Mothers' Day. 1926 A. Huxley Jesting Pilate iv. 264 In the First Methodist Church..they were going to distribute ‘Mother's Day Flowers to all Worshippers’. (On Mother's Day you must wear a red carnation if your mother is alive, a white one if she is dead.) 1958 Listener 27 Nov. 874/1 As uniquely and inimitably American as John Foster Dulles or Mothers' Day. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xii. 242 In 1956 the majority of High Street shops [in Britain] were displaying ‘Mother's Day’ gifts in their windows. 1962 Listener 12 Apr. 628/1 Last Mother's Day—a retail selling device imported from the United States—the flower-shops were as busy as ice-cream vans during a heat wave. 1977 B. Pym Quartet in Autumn i. 7 Something..had reminded them that ‘Mother's Day’ was upon them, with the shops full of suitable ‘gifts’ and the price of flowers suddenly going up. 2000 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 June 18/4 A press release..says the book was published ‘just in time for Mother's Day’. 2. U.S. slang (chiefly in African-American usage). The day on which a person (usually a woman) receives money, esp. unearned money such as a welfare payment. ΚΠ 1979 Los Angeles Times 18 Nov. ii. 1 Mother's day..is when Social Security, veterans' pension and disability and welfare checks are delivered. 1991 Economist (Nexis) 30 Mar. 17 On Chicago's south side the day the monthly cheque arrives is nicknamed ‘mother's day’, because that is the day when absent sons and husbands turn up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890
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