单词 | spousie |
释义 | spousien. colloquial. A (or one's) spouse. Also as a term of endearment. 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 1735 H. Carey Honest Yorkshire-man 19 Even the Cit, In a generous Fit, Would take Spousy there. 1790 J. Jones Muse Good Humour 13 You quickly would be told, If you ask your own dear spousey. 1805 Gentleman's Mag. May 452/1 Spousey speaks first, and, with respect, Begs me to read The Architect. 1851 A. Maclagan Sketches from Nature 142 Tho' rude the picture, ae wee tint May gie a chield a gentle hint To tame a thrawart spousie. 1870 F. L. Benedict Miss Van Kortland xiii. 54/1 Oh, my precious spousy, you can't mean to let me go a drippin' to perdition this way! 1903 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 168 Spousy packs his wallet, and she furnishes him with a purse of one-pound notes. 1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 7 May 31/4 When her husband, whom she calls ‘Spousie’, brings home the newspaper. 1999 Newsweek (Nexis) 18 Oct. 12 One stays to finish grad school, to wrap up a job or to take the time to find the right post in the promised land that spousy has jetted off to. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1735 |
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