单词 | orphanhood |
释义 | orphanhoodn. The state, condition, or position of being an orphan. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of an orphan orphanityc1450 orphanyc1539 orphanage1579 orphancya1586 orphanism1598 orphanship1680 orphanhood1765 orphandom1892 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested I. ii. v. 303 Some collectives admit various endings.., one or more possible in certain cases. Thus orphan..may form on some occasions orphanhood and orphanship. 1824 J. Davison Disc. Prophecy vi. 399 The captivity, devastation, and public orphanhood of the Jewish Church was a far more perplexing phenomenon. 1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin i. 5 The girl, over whom the dark shadow of orphanhood passed as she spoke. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Oct. 2 It provides for sickness, age, widowhood, orphanhood. 1909 Daily Chron. 3 June 7/1 No wonder that 40 per cent of our total pauperism in and outdoor, was due to widowhood and orphanhood. 1951 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 24 177/1 Financial help to meet the cost of unemployment, sickness, industrial injury, maternity, widowhood, orphanhood, retirement. 1994 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. 13 According to the British Heart Foundation, juvenile couch potatoes are condemning their own..children to orphanhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765 |
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