puericulturen.

Brit.

/p(j)uːˈɛrᵻˌkʌltʃə/, U.S.

/p(j)uˈɛrəˌkəltʃər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin puer , -i- connective, -culture comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin puer boy, child (see puerile adj. and n.) + -i- connective + -culture comb. form, probably after French puériculture (A. Caron 1863, in Le courrier méd. 28 Nov. 422; compare quots. 1904, 1938). Compare Italian puericultura (1875; probably after French). Compare post-classical Latin pueri-, combining form (in e.g. puerigenus producing children, 5th or 6th cent.) of classical Latin puer.

The rearing and training of young children.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > upbringing > [noun] > art or science of

puericulture1901

1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Apr. 857/2 The defence of childhood (puericulture, suckling, weaning).

1904 Daily News 26 Sept. 6 France is..realising the enormous importance and the urgency of this question of ‘pueri-culture’, as the experts call it.

1921 Times 4 Oct. p. xvi/1 Puericulture..condemns every mother who deprives her own child of milk in order to sell it to another.

1938 J. J. Spengler France Faces Depopulation vi. 128 The Conseil superieur de la natalité was established..with the duty of..recommending measures to..develop puericulture.

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Sept. 942/1 She was not yet done with puericulture. So she adopted an orphan called Ann, in order to ‘model’ her, try out on her her educational theories.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 May iv. 7/1 Intent on improving prenatal and maternal health, puericulture advocates set up clinics all over the country to teach young mothers how to breastfeed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puericulture
释义	puericulturen. Brit. /p(j)uːˈɛrᵻˌkʌltʃə/, U.S. /p(j)uˈɛrəˌkəltʃər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Latin puer , -i- connective, -culture comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin puer boy, child (see puerile adj. and n.) + -i- connective + -culture comb. form, probably after French puériculture (A. Caron 1863, in Le courrier méd. 28 Nov. 422; compare quots. 1904, 1938). Compare Italian puericultura (1875; probably after French). Compare post-classical Latin pueri-, combining form (in e.g. puerigenus producing children, 5th or 6th cent.) of classical Latin puer. The rearing and training of young children. ΘΚΠ society > education > upbringing > [noun] > art or science of puericulture1901 1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Apr. 857/2 The defence of childhood (puericulture, suckling, weaning). 1904 Daily News 26 Sept. 6 France is..realising the enormous importance and the urgency of this question of ‘pueri-culture’, as the experts call it. 1921 Times 4 Oct. p. xvi/1 Puericulture..condemns every mother who deprives her own child of milk in order to sell it to another. 1938 J. J. Spengler France Faces Depopulation vi. 128 The Conseil superieur de la natalité was established..with the duty of..recommending measures to..develop puericulture. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Sept. 942/1 She was not yet done with puericulture. So she adopted an orphan called Ann, in order to ‘model’ her, try out on her her educational theories. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 May iv. 7/1 Intent on improving prenatal and maternal health, puericulture advocates set up clinics all over the country to teach young mothers how to breastfeed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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