unwivedadj.
Not having a wife or wives; wifeless.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried man > [adjective]
wifelessOE
lone1548
unwived1570
brideless1827
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Divv/1 Vnwyued, inuxoratus, cœlebs.
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Smogliato, without a wife, unwiued.
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. Illustr. 131 A competent multitude of Virgins might be sent ouer to furnish his vnwiu'd Batchelers.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unwived, not furnished with a wife.]
1827 T. Hood Widow 63 He look'd so lone, and so unwiv'd, That soon the Widow Cross contriv'd To fall in love.
1866 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lost Tales Miletus 32 Of his stalwart chiefs [he selected]..all the bravest yet un~wived.
1873 E. H. Clarke Sex in Educ. 63 The old story of unwived Rome and the Sabines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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