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单词 spoused
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spousedadj.n.

Brit. /spaʊzd/, U.S. /spaʊzd/
Forms: Middle English sposed, Middle English spousede, Middle English spousid, Middle English spousyd, Middle English spused, Middle English spussed (northern), Middle English– spoused; also Scottish pre-1700 spouissit, pre-1700 spouset, pre-1700 spousit, pre-1700 spoussit, pre-1700 spousyt, pre-1700 spowsat, pre-1700 spowsit, pre-1700 spowsyd.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spouse v., -ed suffix1; spouse n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Partly < spouse v. + -ed suffix1, and partly (in later use) < spouse n. + -ed suffix2. Compare espoused adj.Earlier currency may be implied by the surname Spusedrobyn (1296).
A. adj.
Married, wedded; joined in marriage; given as a spouse (literal and figurative); (also) betrothed, engaged; = espoused adj. In later use also: having a spouse.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective]
wedded?a800
spousedc1300
weda1400
marriedc1400
boundenc1426
conjugate1471
nuptial?1585
yoked1607
continuous1642
wedlock-bound1667
coupled1672
conjugated1690
partnered1775
mated1821
attached1898
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal and/or marriage > [adjective]
spousedc1300
sure1470
espoused1548
vowed1577
c1300 St. Lucy (Laud) l. 94 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 103 Mine spousede louerd Ihesu crist.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 28264 Mi spussed wyfe i haue misledd Bath in burdyng and in bedde.
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 314 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 159 A voyce sal be ha[r]d wele rath one spowsit men & wemen bath.
a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 121 [They] myghten neuer haue childe of her Spousyd wyues.
1522 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1522/2/1 To seperate himselff fra his aun spousit wyff.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 116 Vnto ye faithfull spoused persones is..giuen fruictfulnes.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. I5v The eldest two..Fidelia and Speranza virgins were, Though spousd, yet wanting wedlocks solemnize.
1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes v, in Wks. I. 770 The world the temple was,..The spoused paire two realmes.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxiv. 280 Now all the plot and chiefe contrivance, Was how to get his spoused wife—hence.
?1695 Rainy Bow in Babes in Wood (single sheet) I who am thy spoused Wife, May gladly meet with thee, Lord.
a1821 J. Keats Otho iii. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 164 Do you stand possess'd Of any proof against the honourableness Of Lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?
1858 H. W. Beecher & E. D. Proctor Life Thoughts 248 If Christ had not been the absolute one, he would have said, ‘I am the moon, shining by night, but my spoused one,..shines by day.’
1908 T. W. H. Crosland Little Stings 7 The prince managed to pass for a man who was ordinarily spoused.
1984 E. Jong Parachutes & Kisses xviii. 360 Why were the women writers all spouseless and the men amply spoused?
2005 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 7 Jan. (Swerve section) 24 To the chagrin of my spoused friends, I've grown weary of the ‘If this is Tuesday, you must be Shari’ scene.
B. n.
Originally: †a married person; a person to whom someone is married or (occasionally) has been given as a spouse (obsolete). Later (with the and plural agreement): married people. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > married people
weddedc1230
spouseda1400
wedmana1500
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 2898 Sibbe ne spused tak yee nan.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10170 Tuix ani spused and his wijf.
1608 B. Jonson Descr. Masque Visct. Haddington 387 in Characters Two Royall Masques In the happy choyce, The Spouse, & Spoused haue the formost voyce!
1968 T. B. Stroup Relig. Rite & Ceremony in Milton's Poetry ii. 30 After Adam has, to waken her, whispered his imitation of the Song of Solomon into Eve's ear, the newly spoused say their Morning Prayer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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