单词 | spouse-breaking |
释义 | spouse-breakingn. Now rare (historical in later use). 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 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. clxxxv. 1082 Drunkenhede falleþ ofte in manslauþe and spousebrekyng. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26231 Suilk sinnes..Als spous-brecking, and als hordom. ?a1450 (?c1400) Lay Folks' Catech. (Lamb.) (1901) 95 Anoþer [deadly sin] is avowtri. þat ys spowse-brekynge. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 89 If ani do mansleing, spowsbrekyng, or ani þing of wrong to man. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxiiii f. clvii [He] sayd that hym had ben leuer to be syke & dye of goddys honde, than to lyue in Spouse brekyng. 1996 G. Williams Shakespeare, Sex, & Print Revol. iii. x. 172 They lightheartedly register a new concern with spouse-breaking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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