widow-likeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdəʊˌlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdoʊˌlaɪk/

Forms: see widow n. and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: widow n., -like suffix.

Etymology: < widow n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier widowly adj.

A. adj.

Of, characteristic of, or befitting a widow; resembling or reminiscent of a widow.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [adjective] > widowed > relating to or characteristic of widow

widowly1532

vidual?1550

widowish?1555

widow-like1577

widowed1609

widowy1628

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 91/2 in Chron. I To passe the residue of hir life after such sort as shee thought beste agreed wyth hir widowlike estate.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 7 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 85 Pity that widow-like sister & spouse of Christ [sc. the mother-kirk].

1656 P. Mexia Wonders of World 104 The Female [viper]..wrings and cuts off his head, so she remains widdow-like and bagged with young.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 120 She wrote such a widow-like refusal.

1832 E. J. Trelawny Adventures of Younger Son I. lviii. 207 The widow-like bamboo hung her head over the clear river.

1858 R. T. S. Lowell New Priest in Conception Bay II. lxi. 317 Mrs. Barrè, more widow-like than ever,—her gentle cheek paler, her black dress blacker,—was there.

1914 Pearson's Mag. Dec. 739/2 Mrs. Porter, demure and altogether widowlike, listened and formed her own conclusions.

1965 J. Nowell tr. R. Friedenthal Goethe xlii. 477 His Hannchen, in her almost widow-like engagement, grows impatient.

2006 M. McCafferty Charmed Thirds (2007) 223 The widowlike mourning was a pose.

†B. adv.

In a manner characteristic of, befitting, or reminiscent of a widow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [adverb] > in manner of widow

widow-like1581

vidually1818

widowly1909

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 63 Be blyth my Boy, why Widow like liest thou alone by night? [L. cur toro viduo iaces?]

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M2 She had layd her mournefull stole aside, And widow-like sad wimple throwne away.

1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams i. 9 Why doth dark Night put on her black Array? It Widow-like mourns for departed Day.

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

单词	widow-like
释义	widow-likeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈwɪdəʊˌlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈwɪdoʊˌlaɪk/ Forms: see widow n. and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: widow n., -like suffix. Etymology: < widow n. + -like suffix. Compare earlier widowly adj. A. adj. Of, characteristic of, or befitting a widow; resembling or reminiscent of a widow. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [adjective] > widowed > relating to or characteristic of widow widowly1532 vidual?1550 widowish?1555 widow-like1577 widowed1609 widowy1628 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 91/2 in Chron. I To passe the residue of hir life after such sort as shee thought beste agreed wyth hir widowlike estate. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 7 Sept. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 85 Pity that widow-like sister & spouse of Christ [sc. the mother-kirk]. 1656 P. Mexia Wonders of World 104 The Female [viper]..wrings and cuts off his head, so she remains widdow-like and bagged with young. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxiii. 120 She wrote such a widow-like refusal. 1832 E. J. Trelawny Adventures of Younger Son I. lviii. 207 The widow-like bamboo hung her head over the clear river. 1858 R. T. S. Lowell New Priest in Conception Bay II. lxi. 317 Mrs. Barrè, more widow-like than ever,—her gentle cheek paler, her black dress blacker,—was there. 1914 Pearson's Mag. Dec. 739/2 Mrs. Porter, demure and altogether widowlike, listened and formed her own conclusions. 1965 J. Nowell tr. R. Friedenthal Goethe xlii. 477 His Hannchen, in her almost widow-like engagement, grows impatient. 2006 M. McCafferty Charmed Thirds (2007) 223 The widowlike mourning was a pose. †B. adv. In a manner characteristic of, befitting, or reminiscent of a widow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [adverb] > in manner of widow widow-like1581 vidually1818 widowly1909 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus ii, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 63 Be blyth my Boy, why Widow like liest thou alone by night? [L. cur toro viduo iaces?] 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M2 She had layd her mournefull stole aside, And widow-like sad wimple throwne away. 1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams i. 9 Why doth dark Night put on her black Array? It Widow-like mourns for departed Day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1577
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