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单词 unmistressed
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unmistressedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɪstrᵻst/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɪstrᵻst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, mistress n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + mistress n. + -ed suffix2.
Now rare.
That is without a mistress (in various senses); that has lost a mistress.
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1817 Thoughts on National Calamity 65 Whose imagination can be restrained from wandering to the un-mistressed mansion at Claremount?
1859 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 1 129 George I. is wifeless, though not unmistressed.
1867 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Dec. 801 The unmistressed labouresses [sc. servants] sat in a smaller room.
1930 F. E. Hardy Later Years T. Hardy xii. 158 In the muddle of Hardy's unmistressed housekeeping animal pets of his late wife died, strayed, or were killed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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