spouse-breakern.

Brit.

/ˈspaʊsˌbreɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈspaʊsˌbreɪkər/

Forms: see spouse n. and breaker n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spouse n., breaker n.¹

Etymology: < spouse n. + breaker n.¹ Compare earlier spousebreach n.², and also earlier spouse-break n.

Now rare (in later use only in historical contexts).

An adulterer.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 157 He made his felawe a spouse brekere [L. adulterum].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxii. 857 Magnas..ysette vnder hede of a chaste wyf makeþ hire sodeinliche to byclippe hire housbonde, and if sche is a spousebreker, sche schal moeue hire out of þe bedde sodeynliche.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25778 Spous-breker be þat womman þat juus dempt for to stan.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 113 Bynd spouse-brekers with awouters, And ranegates with raueners.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 54 Fraudars, misdoars, sortylogers, spousbrekars.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 105 The Swanne pursueth the cockolde-maker.., & will not leaue the spouse breaker, tyll he kyll or bee killed.

1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. A.iii^v That he be no spous-breaker, nor no drunkarde.

1604 in Shetland Sheriff Court Bk. (1954) I. 116 David Sinclair..sclanderit Hendrie Chalmeris wyfe calling hir ane spous brekair.

a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (1977) iv. iii. 338 ‘Did I bid him turn monk at the end?’ ‘Would he have done so but for you—spouse-breaker?’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spouse-breaker
释义	spouse-breakern. Brit. /ˈspaʊsˌbreɪkə/, U.S. /ˈspaʊsˌbreɪkər/ Forms: see spouse n. and breaker n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spouse n., breaker n.¹ Etymology: < spouse n. + breaker n.¹ Compare earlier spousebreach n.², and also earlier spouse-break n. Now rare (in later use only in historical contexts). An adulterer. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer eaubruchea1000 eaubrekerec1175 wed-breaka1300 spousebreachc1350 adulterera1382 adulterc1384 spouse-breakera1387 vouterc1386 devoutour1393 wedlock-breakerc1500 devoterer1550 bed-swervera1616 adulterator1632 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 157 He made his felawe a spouse brekere [L. adulterum]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxii. 857 Magnas..ysette vnder hede of a chaste wyf makeþ hire sodeinliche to byclippe hire housbonde, and if sche is a spousebreker, sche schal moeue hire out of þe bedde sodeynliche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 25778 Spous-breker be þat womman þat juus dempt for to stan. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 113 Bynd spouse-brekers with awouters, And ranegates with raueners. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 54 Fraudars, misdoars, sortylogers, spousbrekars. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 105 The Swanne pursueth the cockolde-maker.., & will not leaue the spouse breaker, tyll he kyll or bee killed. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. A.iii^v That he be no spous-breaker, nor no drunkarde. 1604 in Shetland Sheriff Court Bk. (1954) I. 116 David Sinclair..sclanderit Hendrie Chalmeris wyfe calling hir ane spous brekair. a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (1977) iv. iii. 338 ‘Did I bid him turn monk at the end?’ ‘Would he have done so but for you—spouse-breaker?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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