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单词 widowerhood
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widowerhoodn.

Brit. /ˈwɪdəʊəhʊd/, U.S. /ˈwɪdoʊərˌhʊd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: widower n.1, -hood suffix.
Etymology: < widower n.1 + -hood suffix, after widowhood n. Compare earlier widowhood n. 1b. Compare also earlier widowership n. at widower n.1 Derivatives.Compare the following, apparently isolated, earlier example of widowerhead ( < widower n.1 + -head suffix, after widowhead n.):1564 J. Stubbs tr. T. de Bèze Hist. Life & Death Caluin sig. C.vv Hee continued in wydowerhead [Fr. viduité] aboute the space of .xvi. yeares.
The state or condition of being a widower; the period of time during which a man is a widower.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widower > condition of
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widowheadc1450
widowership1641
widowerhood1788
1788 R. Burns Let. 22 Feb. (2001) I. 242 Mr P—— was bred a zealous Antiburgher; but, during his widowerhood, he has found their strictness incompatible with certain compromises he is often obliged to make.
1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 829/2 She makes an attempt..on the widowerhood of the Centenarian.
1883 E. Lynn Linton Ione xv. 51 Pledged to eternal widowerhood and constancy.
1949 E. Newman Wagner Operas 322 His brief widowerhood lasted only about a year from that date.
2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 9/1 Others..find themselves newly marginalized by widowerhood or divorce.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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