单词 | paraphernal |
释义 | paraphernaln. Scottish in later use. Now rare. In plural. A married woman's paraphernalia (see paraphernalia n. 1). By extension (Scottish): miscellaneous belongings; odds and ends, bits and pieces. Also occasionally in singular: an item of paraphernalia. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > personal belongings > belonging to married woman paraphernals1506 paraphernalia1651 parapherna1706 1506 Will of Alice Love formerly Oxenbridge (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/15) f. 123v Parapharnelles. 1544–5 Acts & Decreets II. f. 31, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The commoun law..permittis ane woman to dispone vpoun hir paropharnalis to quham scho pleisis. 1823 J. Galt Entail I. xxv. 217 Atweel, I can do that, and help her to buy her parapharnauls. 1839 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 5 Go and assign thee thy appurtenances and paraphernals. a1874 G. Outram Legal Lyrics (1887) 95 She had fled And had not left a single paraphernal. 1962 W. A. Todd in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 32/3 She gathered up her handbag, umbrella, and all her paraphernauls, and got off the bus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). paraphernaladj. Of, belonging to, or of the nature of a married woman's paraphernalia (see paraphernalia n. 1). Also: (of things, esp. personal belongings) miscellaneous, that are pieces of paraphernalia. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > personal or movable > of the nature of personal belongings paraphernal1773 paraphernalian1792 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. I. i. vi. §15. 90 From the jus mariti paraphernal goods are exempted. Over these the husband has no power. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 26 Married women may have paraphernal or other separate property. 1947 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 13 29 Mrs. Minor had inherited the estates..and in accord with the Roman law of Louisiana and the Mississippi women's laws..she continued to hold them as her paraphernal property. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxv. 404 Sororal and Fraternal Things, His blue and red Pimpernellings, and Sundry paraphernal Things. 1982 Tulane Law Rev. (Lexis) 57 104 The husband argued that all income from the trust was the fruit of his wife's paraphernal property. 1992 Roll Call (Nexis) 16 Apr. The sort of accumulation of paraphernal clutter that often makes him seem more sharp-tongued Mr. Pooter loose among the upper crust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1506adj.1773 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。