veuven.

Brit.

/vəːv/, U.S.

/vəv/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French veuve.

Etymology: < French veuve (12th cent. in Old French as vedve ) < classical Latin vidua widow (see widow n.).

A widow, especially a French or French-speaking one. Often (usually with capital initial) preceding a name; sometimes preceded by the or la.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow

widowOE

lavec1325

widow woman1340

relictc1460

widow lady1525

widowess1596

maid-widow1655

feme sole1714

veuve1766

ace of spades1811

sod widow1927

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > widowed

widowa1400

veuve1766

1766 J.-G. Hamilton Proof, in Conjoined Processes 530 The persons..appear therefrom to have lodged in the veuve Selle's.

1793 F. Burney Jrnl. 13 Apr. (1972) II. 77 I told him I should have the pleasure to present him to another sister—la veuve!

1797 Gaz. U.S. & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser 5 Jan. 4/1 Certificates of public debt... Mar. 4... F. C. Pourrat, veuve.

1835 T. Curry Rep. Supreme Court Louisiana 8 44 The plaintiffs..claim to be..entitled to one-half of the succession of veuve Magnon, who died in New-Orleans.

1845 M. M. Robinson Rep. Supreme Court Louisiana 5 294 Property was sold by Carraby which he inherited from the veuve Hognon.

1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls I. xix. 258 He found her..with her hands in Veuve Laurent's flour.

1894 Lady M. Verney Verney Mem. III. ix. 330 We hope Mrs. Aris veuve was treated to some of those lovely phrases for home consumption.

1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iii. 42 She must have been very pretty before she put on the black. Her friend is also a veuve.

1953 D. Parry Going up—Going Down v. viii. 252 It's quite a popular sport now, to drop in and cheer the Veuve Tyndale.

1977 T. Heald Just Desserts viii. 190 In the hall were two men unmistakably French..policemen..arguing..with la Veuve.

1994 R. Ducornet Compl. Butcher's Tales (1999) 64 He had..conceived an amorous alliance with La Veuve Fromentin, inheritress of a prosperous fruit farm.

2011 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Jan. 16 Veuve Camille Jenatzy, the record setter's widow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	veuve
释义	veuven. Brit. /vəːv/, U.S. /vəv/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French veuve. Etymology: < French veuve (12th cent. in Old French as vedve ) < classical Latin vidua widow (see widow n.). A widow, especially a French or French-speaking one. Often (usually with capital initial) preceding a name; sometimes preceded by the or la. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow widowOE lavec1325 widow woman1340 relictc1460 widow lady1525 widowess1596 maid-widow1655 feme sole1714 veuve1766 ace of spades1811 sod widow1927 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > title > for a woman > widowed widowa1400 veuve1766 1766 J.-G. Hamilton Proof, in Conjoined Processes 530 The persons..appear therefrom to have lodged in the veuve Selle's. 1793 F. Burney Jrnl. 13 Apr. (1972) II. 77 I told him I should have the pleasure to present him to another sister—la veuve! 1797 Gaz. U.S. & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser 5 Jan. 4/1 Certificates of public debt... Mar. 4... F. C. Pourrat, veuve. 1835 T. Curry Rep. Supreme Court Louisiana 8 44 The plaintiffs..claim to be..entitled to one-half of the succession of veuve Magnon, who died in New-Orleans. 1845 M. M. Robinson Rep. Supreme Court Louisiana 5 294 Property was sold by Carraby which he inherited from the veuve Hognon. 1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls I. xix. 258 He found her..with her hands in Veuve Laurent's flour. 1894 Lady M. Verney Verney Mem. III. ix. 330 We hope Mrs. Aris veuve was treated to some of those lovely phrases for home consumption. 1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iii. 42 She must have been very pretty before she put on the black. Her friend is also a veuve. 1953 D. Parry Going up—Going Down v. viii. 252 It's quite a popular sport now, to drop in and cheer the Veuve Tyndale. 1977 T. Heald Just Desserts viii. 190 In the hall were two men unmistakably French..policemen..arguing..with la Veuve. 1994 R. Ducornet Compl. Butcher's Tales (1999) 64 He had..conceived an amorous alliance with La Veuve Fromentin, inheritress of a prosperous fruit farm. 2011 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Jan. 16 Veuve Camille Jenatzy, the record setter's widow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1766
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