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whoresonn.adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: whore n., son n.1 Etymology: In α. forms < whore n. + son n.1, probably originally reflecting a genitive compound with unmarked first element (the reflex of the Old English weak genitive hōran ), after Anglo-Norman fiz a putain (see fiz a putain at Fitz n. a). In β. forms < the genitive of whore n. + son n.1Compare Middle Dutch hoerensone (Dutch hoerenzoon , hoerezoon ), Middle Low German hōrensȫne , Old High German huorūnsun (Middle High German huorensun , German Hurensohn ). Compare bitch-son n. at bitch n.1 Compounds 3. Now chiefly archaic. A. n.the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused > male society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > illegitimate child c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 410 An houre sone for soþ ich wes. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) l. 879 What doostou here, þou mysbiȝete gome?..Fy, vyle ateynt hores sone [a1425 Linc. Inn hore sone]! 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1970) 50 I trusted..so moche the fals horeson the foxe. c1500 (1895) 300 He cryed with a hye voys..‘hourys sone & fals geaunt, come speke with me!’ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. f. cxxxixv/1 Kyng Dampeter was greatly chafed and moche desyred to mete with the bastarde his brother, and sayd: where is yt horeson, that calleth hym selfe kynge of Castell. 1553 T. Wilson ii. f. 79v The mother merelye beynge disposed, wyll saye to her swete Sonne: Ah you little horeson, wyll you serue me so? 1599 W. Shakespeare iv. iv. 19 Masse and well said, a merrie horson, ha. View more context for this quotation 1659 E. Gayton 83 Nuts are dry whorsons. 1679 in (1883) IV. 614 Beware of those that..tamper with thy foolish whoreson, And by false arguments ensnare The youth to think he is thy heir. 1712 J. Arbuthnot v. 10 Nic. Frog was a cunning sly Whoreson. 1821 W. Scott III. xiii. 269 They..bestowed..some round dozen of curses on them, as lazy knaves and blind whoresons. 1853 24 Nov. 7/4 After dinner a quarrel ensued, and she called her husband a whore's son. 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Grey Granite i. 45 in (1995) You're not right in your head, you wee whoreson. 1975 1 Nov. 21/1 If the whoreson who dropped his socks into the chamber pot and sold the results to a lantern jaws like you is not at a rope's end since this fortnight, there is no justice left on earth! 2010 B. Pilkey 181 What am I supposed to do?.. Run away while that murdering whoreson is still out there? B. adj. (chiefly in attributive use). the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation a1450 (1885) 273 Why, go bette, horosonne boy, when I bidde þe. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen 15 Scheyme happine the lowne hursone theiff. 1577 N. Breton sig. H.iiij Fayth she will say, you whorson Page, Ile purchase you an heritage. 1600 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 178 Fal. What disease hast thou? Bul. A horson cold sir, a cough sir. View more context for this quotation 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher i. 5 This same whorsone conscience, ah how it iades vs. 1739 37 Thou Whoreson Rascal. 1761 L. Sterne III. xx. 95 Ambition, and pride, and envy, and lechery, and other whoreson passions. 1816 J. Keats 17 Dec. (1958) I. 121 It was so whoreson a Night that I stopped there all the next day. 1821 W. Scott II. v. 128 Some of his whoreson poetry (I crave your Grace's pardon for such a phrase) has rung in mine ears. 1909 E. Pound 14 You whoreson dog, Papiols, come! 2009 N. Baker xi. 171 They reached his office, calling Where's Whittier? Where's that whoreson slimedog Whittier? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.adj.c1330 |
