| 单词 | to marry with the left hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto marry (a person) with the left hand b. to marry (a person) with the left hand and variants: to contract a morganatic marriage with (a person). Now historical.See note at left-handed adj. 2f. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [verb (intransitive)] > marry with social inferior to marry (a person) with the left hand1700 to marry above (also below, beneath) oneself (occasionally also one's match)1721 to marry down1919 1700 tr. G. de Courtilz de Sandras French Spy ii. 60 The Duke perform'd his promise to Mrs..whom he Married on the left Hand [Fr. Il l'épousa de la main gauche], as it is usually done among Princes, and other Persons of an Eminent Rank, when they Marry below their Quality. 1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) IV. 222 Not all her Father's Eloquence nor Threats ca[n] make her grant any Favour to Beraldus, not even to marry him with the Left Hand. 1818 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iv. 122 The Prince certainly married Mrs. Fitzherbert with the left hand. 1867 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 16 Oct. 3/5 The only modern case, with which we are familiar, of a morganatic marriage, in which the bride was the person of superior rank, is that of the Princess Elizabeth of Italy, sister-in-law of Victor Emanuel, who was married with the left hand in 1856..to the Marquis Rapallo. 1908 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Evening Gaz. 2 Dec. 8/3 A little cottage..belonged to a family of Benton, a late member of which is said to have married Joseph's daughter, by the left hand. 2002 X. L. Woo Empress Dowager Cixi xxxv. 166 His Mayor father would never assent to his marrying with the left hand. < as lemmas |
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