pucelagen.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːsᵻlɑːʒ/,

/ˈpjuːsᵻlɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈpjusəˌlɑʒ/,

/ˈpjusəlɪdʒ/

Forms:

α. 1500s pusellage, 1500s (Scottish) 1600s–1700s 1900s– pucelage, 1600s 1800s pucellage.

β. 1600s pusillage.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pucelage.

Etymology: < Middle French pucelage, pucellage maidenhood, virginity (late 12th cent. in Old French; French pucelage ) < pucelle pucelle n. + -age -age suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pucelagium virginity (c1258, 1306 in British sources), Old Occitan pieuzelatge (a1149; also piusellatge, pusselatge), Catalan poncellatge (14th cent. as puncelatge; rare), Italian pulcellaggio, pulzellaggio (first half of the 14th cent.; < French).

The state or condition of being a ‘pucelle’ or girl; maidenhood, virginity. Also figurative. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] > specifically of women > state or condition of

virginitya1400

pucelagec1525

maiden-gem1612

maiden gear1719

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > young unmarried woman > time when one is

maidenhoodOE

pucelagec1525

maidhooda1616

c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Bii^v To inioy your yough & pusellage.

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 84 He brocht agane with vs his pucelage.

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Virginità Virginitie, pucelage, chastitie, puritie, maidenhead.

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §10 The tryall of the Pucellage and Virginity of women.

1680 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of his Muse sig. B3 Ne'r was young Lover half so fond When first his Pusillage he lost, Or could of half my Pleasure boast.

1684 A. Behn Poems Several Occasions 84 For Honesty no more will I engage: I durst have sworn thou'dst had thy Pusillage.

1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Characters 14/2 Their state of pucelage is denoted by their having rings or bracelets..on their wrists.

1804 J. W. Croker Familiar Epist. (ed. 2) v. 86 (note) Her beauty (if it can be so called) is common to our eyes..and her liveliness she has completely lost with her pucellage.

1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxvi. 398 Back to Mankinds Pucelage, That Ovid calls the Golden Age.

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

单词	pucelage
释义	pucelagen. Brit. /ˈpjuːsᵻlɑːʒ/, /ˈpjuːsᵻlɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpjusəˌlɑʒ/, /ˈpjusəlɪdʒ/ Forms: α. 1500s pusellage, 1500s (Scottish) 1600s–1700s 1900s– pucelage, 1600s 1800s pucellage. β. 1600s pusillage. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pucelage. Etymology: < Middle French pucelage, pucellage maidenhood, virginity (late 12th cent. in Old French; French pucelage ) < pucelle pucelle n. + -age -age suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pucelagium virginity (c1258, 1306 in British sources), Old Occitan pieuzelatge (a1149; also piusellatge, pusselatge), Catalan poncellatge (14th cent. as puncelatge; rare), Italian pulcellaggio, pulzellaggio (first half of the 14th cent.; < French). The state or condition of being a ‘pucelle’ or girl; maidenhood, virginity. Also figurative. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] > specifically of women > state or condition of virginitya1400 pucelagec1525 maiden-gem1612 maiden gear1719 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [noun] > young unmarried woman > time when one is maidenhoodOE pucelagec1525 maidhooda1616 c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Bii^v To inioy your yough & pusellage. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 84 He brocht agane with vs his pucelage. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Virginità Virginitie, pucelage, chastitie, puritie, maidenhead. 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §10 The tryall of the Pucellage and Virginity of women. View more context for this quotation 1680 T. Otway Poet's Complaint of his Muse sig. B3 Ne'r was young Lover half so fond When first his Pusillage he lost, Or could of half my Pleasure boast. 1684 A. Behn Poems Several Occasions 84 For Honesty no more will I engage: I durst have sworn thou'dst had thy Pusillage. 1785 Ann. Reg. 1783 Characters 14/2 Their state of pucelage is denoted by their having rings or bracelets..on their wrists. 1804 J. W. Croker Familiar Epist. (ed. 2) v. 86 (note) Her beauty (if it can be so called) is common to our eyes..and her liveliness she has completely lost with her pucellage. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxvi. 398 Back to Mankinds Pucelage, That Ovid calls the Golden Age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1525
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