| 单词 | wife-old |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswife-old wife-old adj. now rare (of a girl or woman) old enough to be a wife, of marriageable age. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > adult woman womanly?1507 woman-grown1786 wife-old1898 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > fitness for marriage > [adjective] > of marriageable age manable1608 wife-old1898 1898 Strand Mag. Apr. 365/1 A woman we call Laylá, in that she was wife-old; but the girl had seen no more than thirteen summers. 1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 31 I was wife-auld, an' a peart gal very interested in men-folk. 1933 Indian State Railways Mag. Aug. 717/1 Malavika was wife-old. Already suitors had spoken for her hand. < as lemmas |
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