sick-nursen.

Etymology: sick adj. and n. Compounds 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsick-nurse.

A nurse who attends upon the sick.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun]

nouricec1225

keeper?c1450

nursekeeper1602

nursea1616

Parabolanus1673

sister1716

nurse-tendera1743

sick-nurse1816

Nightingale1862

Norlander1944

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiii. 284 He has had an infernal tumble..and..I have sent your friend, Sweepclean..to act as his sick-nurse.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 180 I could not be expected to watch him like a sick nurse.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 155 She was a sick-nurse, when my friend knew her.

1890 ‘L. Falconer’ Mademoiselle Ixe (1891) v. 133 At one time I was a sick nurse.

Derivatives

ˈsick-nurse v. to act as a sick-nurse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > practise the healing art [verb (intransitive)] > tend the sick

sick1843

nurse1859

nurse-tend1863

sick-nurse1897

1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 2/1 You were tired out with sick-nursing and being up at night.

ˈsick-nursish adj. appropriate to a sick-nurse.

ΚΠ

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xix. 318 This homely, sick-nursish illustration of the effect produced upon one's mind by the mere vastness of the great Pyramid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sick-nurse
释义	sick-nursen. Etymology: sick adj. and n. Compounds 1a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsick-nurse. A nurse who attends upon the sick. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > nurse > [noun] nouricec1225 keeper?c1450 nursekeeper1602 nursea1616 Parabolanus1673 sister1716 nurse-tendera1743 sick-nurse1816 Nightingale1862 Norlander1944 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xiii. 284 He has had an infernal tumble..and..I have sent your friend, Sweepclean..to act as his sick-nurse. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 180 I could not be expected to watch him like a sick nurse. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 155 She was a sick-nurse, when my friend knew her. 1890 ‘L. Falconer’ Mademoiselle Ixe (1891) v. 133 At one time I was a sick nurse. Derivatives ˈsick-nurse v. to act as a sick-nurse. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > practise the healing art [verb (intransitive)] > tend the sick sick1843 nurse1859 nurse-tend1863 sick-nurse1897 1897 E. L. Voynich Gadfly (1904) 2/1 You were tired out with sick-nursing and being up at night. ˈsick-nursish adj. appropriate to a sick-nurse. ΚΠ 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen xix. 318 This homely, sick-nursish illustration of the effect produced upon one's mind by the mere vastness of the great Pyramid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1816
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