old-maideryn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪd(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old maid n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < old maid n. + -ery suffix. Compare old-maidism n., old-maidship n., old-maidenship n., old-maidenism n.

= old-maidishness n. Also: = old-maidhood n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly > characteristics of

old-maidism1776

old-maidishness1796

old-maidery1804

1804 ‘Gabrielli’ Something Odd! I. 199 Notwithstanding the old-maidery and malevolence of dear Miss Freddy.

1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic ii. 23 Convents save them from the Scylla of marriage and the Charybdis of oldmaidery.

1991 R. Davies Murther & Walking Spirits vi. i. 267 Malvina..had felt the awful approach of Old Maidery so keenly that she had even been prepared to lie..about the necessity for getting married.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old-maidery
释义	old-maideryn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪd(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d)ˈmeɪdəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old maid n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < old maid n. + -ery suffix. Compare old-maidism n., old-maidship n., old-maidenship n., old-maidenism n. = old-maidishness n. Also: = old-maidhood n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > elderly > characteristics of old-maidism1776 old-maidishness1796 old-maidery1804 1804 ‘Gabrielli’ Something Odd! I. 199 Notwithstanding the old-maidery and malevolence of dear Miss Freddy. 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic ii. 23 Convents save them from the Scylla of marriage and the Charybdis of oldmaidery. 1991 R. Davies Murther & Walking Spirits vi. i. 267 Malvina..had felt the awful approach of Old Maidery so keenly that she had even been prepared to lie..about the necessity for getting married. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1804
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