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单词 spouse-break
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spouse-breakn.adj.

Forms: northern Middle English spouse-brak, Middle English spouse-brek, Middle English spouse-breke, Middle English spows-brek, Middle English spus-brek, Middle English spuse-brek.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spouse n., break n.1
Etymology: Probably < spouse n. + break n.1, as an alteration of spousebreach n.1 Compare earlier spousebriche n. In use as adjective perhaps alternatively arising as an alteration of spousebreach n.2
Obsolete.
A. n.
Adultery; = spousebreach n.1
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery
eaubruchea1000
mid-lyinga1200
spousebriche?c1225
spousebreachc1275
adulterya1325
spouse-break1357
devoutrie1377
voutrya1382
spouse-breakinga1398
vowtryc1450
vowtrec1475
breach of matrimony1526
wed-breach1638
mechation1656
conjugal infidelity1700
J. Gaytryge Lay Folks' Catech. (York Min.) (1901) l. 551 An other [species of lechery] is auoutry, that is spousebrek.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27940 Spusbrek [a1425 Galba spows brek] es betuix tua, Þat spused ar bath, or an o þaa.
a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 124 (MED) Bi þe law hastou na leue To hald þi broþer wife in spouse-breke.
B. adj. rare.
Adulterous.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adjective] > adulterous
spouse-breaka1400
wedlock-breaking?a1400
adulterousa1425
adulterine?1533
adulterate1556
adulterated1592
mechal1608
incestuous1632
roving1692
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 185 O spouse-brek womman þat þe Iuus dempt to stan.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27322 Wijf spuse-brek sal dern penance Do.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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