| 单词 | wife-ridden |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswife-ridden wife-ridden adj. oppressed by one's wife; henpecked. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [adjective] > relating to a husband > henpecked wifish1607 woman-tireda1616 henpecked1660 wife-ridden1685 wife-bound1820 petticoat-governed1832 pussy-whipped1953 1685 M. Hildesley Religio Jurisprudentis viii. 75 Be not by any means Wife-ridden, to be wheedled out of your Wealth and Wits at once. 1716 C. Bullock Adventures of Half Hour 38 Mercy on me, was ever poor Man so Wife-ridden? 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 830/1 He was, in fact, wife-ridden, his good lady wearing the breeches. 1957 New Castle (Pa.) News 17 June 6 They are wife-ridden and family-centered to a point where they no longer are willing to take risks in the old American fashion. 2011 B. H. Irvin Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty ii. 62 One loyalist writer caricaturized Southern congressmen as weak, wife-ridden husbands. < as lemmas |
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