wet-nursev.

Brit.

/ˈwɛtnəːs/, U.S.

/ˈwɛtˌnərs/

a. transitive. To serve as wet nurse to, suckle (another woman's infant). Also transferred.

ΚΠ

1784 Morning Chron. 13 Apr. 4/4 (advt.) Wanted, a Child to Wet Nurse, by a Young Woman, with a good breast of milk.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions III. 62 At the house of the woman who had wet-nursed him.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table i. 33 A mythus..Such as Livy told about the wolf that wet-nursed Romulus and Remus.

b. figurative. To treat tenderly or take under special care, as if helpless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > excessively

baby1744

mollycoddle1851

wet-nurse1873

overprotectc1885

nursery-maid1899

nursemaid1921

nanny1954

nannify1962

1873 Siliad 109 A curious youth..Who, ere his whiskers had completely grown, Possessed a comic paper of his own; But though wet-nursed by someone in Debrett, It died quite young.

1891 Telegr. Jrnl. 13 Feb. 205/2 The system of wet-nursing adopted by the Post Office authorities in the case of the telegraph service has not been one of uniform success.

1893 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 6/1 A member of independent spirit—not wet-nursed for party purposes by political gold.

1917 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 584/1 I was wet-nursed by an elderly old buffer of a General.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wet-nurse
释义	wet-nursev. Brit. /ˈwɛtnəːs/, U.S. /ˈwɛtˌnərs/ a. transitive. To serve as wet nurse to, suckle (another woman's infant). Also transferred. ΚΠ 1784 Morning Chron. 13 Apr. 4/4 (advt.) Wanted, a Child to Wet Nurse, by a Young Woman, with a good breast of milk. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions III. 62 At the house of the woman who had wet-nursed him. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table i. 33 A mythus..Such as Livy told about the wolf that wet-nursed Romulus and Remus. b. figurative. To treat tenderly or take under special care, as if helpless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > excessively baby1744 mollycoddle1851 wet-nurse1873 overprotectc1885 nursery-maid1899 nursemaid1921 nanny1954 nannify1962 1873 Siliad 109 A curious youth..Who, ere his whiskers had completely grown, Possessed a comic paper of his own; But though wet-nursed by someone in Debrett, It died quite young. 1891 Telegr. Jrnl. 13 Feb. 205/2 The system of wet-nursing adopted by the Post Office authorities in the case of the telegraph service has not been one of uniform success. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 6/1 A member of independent spirit—not wet-nursed for party purposes by political gold. 1917 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 584/1 I was wet-nursed by an elderly old buffer of a General. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1784
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