单词 | bedfellow |
释义 | bedfellown. 1. One who shares a bed with another; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [noun] > condition of being bedfellows > bedfellow i-beddeOE beddec1250 bed-ferea1350 sleeping partner?1456 bedfellow1478 bed-mate1582 1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 51 [He] hathe entryd the maner off Scolton vppon yowre bedffelawe Conyerse. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 32v John Whitneye, a yong ientleman, was my bedfeloe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 39 Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellowes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶7 My Bed-fellows left me about an Hour before Day. 1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 266 Tickler. I request to have Fang for my bed-fellow. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner ferec975 matchOE makec1175 spousea1200 lemanc1275 fellowc1350 likea1393 wed-ferea1400 partyc1443 espouse?c1450 bedfellow1490 yokefellow?1542 espousal1543 spouse1548 mate1549 marrow1554 paragon1557 yokemate1567 partner1577 better halfa1586 twin1592 moiety1611 copemate1631 consort1634 half-marrow1637 matrimonya1640 helpmeet1661 other half1667 helpmate1715 spousie1735 life companion1763 worse half1783 life partner1809 domestic partner1815 ball and chain1921 lover1969 1490 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 89 My simple bedfelow, your bedewoman and servant..recomendeth hir unto your mastership. 1564 P. Moore Hope of Health Ep. Ded. 9 Vnto your worship, and to my good Ladie your bedfellowe. 1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 725 Haue not some Popish Priestes such seruants and bedfellowes also? a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. vi. 63 Altho she had a great Dowry, none would covet such a bed-fellow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1478 |
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