单词 | newly-wed |
释义 | newly-wedn.adj. rare before mid 19th cent. A. n. A person who has just or recently married. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > newly married person newly-wed1593 neogamist1656 neogam1862 new-wed1893 1593 A. Chute Beawtie Dishonoured 21 Suggesting feare shall make the newly wed, Be false, because she feares she is suspected. 1846 Amer. Whig Rev. Feb. 205 Dido was widow and a queen. Gertrude was a newly-wed and a country..bred girl. 1918 Cosmopolitan Feb. 90/2 A Newlywed can live on Marmalade for about three months. 1932 W. H. Auden Orators iii. 103 To-day may mean division for the newly-weds. 1959 G. Freeman Jack would be Gentleman viii. 163 ‘Quite the blissful newly-weds, aren't we?’..‘Well, we are newly-weds.’ 1986 Times 24 July 1/2 The bridal coach swept the newly weds away. B. adj. That has just or recently married. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [adjective] > newly married new-married?1548 newly-weda1862 a1862 F. J. O'Brien Poems & Stories (1881) 62 There the bride by her newly-wed husband reposes. 1917 E. W. Wilcox Poet. Wks. 162 'Twas a grand dame of fashion, a newly-wed bride. 1992 N. Bhattacharya Hem & Football viii. 97 ‘Bless my newly-wed son and the bride, baba,’ entreated Mother-in-law, joining her palms in pranam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1593 |
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