woman-childn.

Brit.

/ˈwʊmənˌtʃʌɪld/, U.S.

/ˈwʊmənˌtʃaɪld/

Inflections: Plural women-children, woman-children.

Forms: see woman n. and child n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., child n.

Etymology: < woman n. + child n. Compare earlier man-child n.Compare Old English wīf-cild female child ( < wife n. + child n.).

1. A female child; a girl. Now chiefly literary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]

maiden-childeOE

maidenOE

maidc1275

maid-childc1275

wenchc1290

thernec1300

lassc1325

maidenkinc1330

child-womana1382

girlc1400

pucelle1439

maidkin1440

mawther1440

mop1466

woman-child?1515

bonnea1529

urchina1535

kinchin-mort1567

dandiprat1582

prill1587

sluta1592

little girl1603

maggie1603

tendril1603

squall1607

childa1616

filly1616

vriester1652

miss1668

gilpie1720

lassie1725

laddess1768

jeune fillea1777

bitch1785

girly?1786

gal1795

ladyling1807

missikin1815

colleen1828

girleen1833

snowdrop1833

pinafore1836

chica1843

fillette1847

charity-girl1848

urchiness1852

Mädchen1854

gel1857

pusill1884

backfisch1888

girly-girly1888

cliner1895

tittie1918

weeny1929

bobby-soxer1944

?1515 W. Harrington Commendations of Matrimony sig. C.iii^v A man childe vntyl he be fully. xiiii. yeres of age. & in a woman childe to she be fully. xii. yeres of age.

1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 537 It is expedient, y^t..scholes for women children be erected.

1580 Orders for Orphans (City of London) sig. Aiv If any womanchilde..be a common Picker.

1611 E. Aston tr. J. Boemus Manners, Lawes, & Customes i. vi. 53 If it be a woman childe they singe off her brests in her infancie.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. viii. 265 The women, by stealth, put a woman-child into the Princes Cradle.

1728 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 249 To lie with any Woman Child under Ten Years old, tho' with her Consent, is Felony.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xvii. 449 The father might..assign a guardian to any woman-child under the age of sixteen.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 183 Such a temper—in one so young—..a child—a woman-child.

1866 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lost Tales Miletus 108 An aged king, to whom the fates had spared But one fair woman-child.

1901 J. London God of his Fathers 7 So in the end she bore me a child, a woman-child, and died.

1942 C. Morley Thorofare xxxvii. 180 And to propagate a woman-child too; that seems to me to suggest the recuperative splendor of the human race.

2000 E. Hilderbrand Beach Club (2001) 241 I've had problems with women just like everybody else. And then I find myself the father of a woman-child.

2. A female child who acts like or resembles a woman. Also: an adult woman who behaves in a childish manner.

1860 United Presbyterian Mag. Oct. 499 It seems necessary, therefore, to suppose that the daughter sold by her father..was not a full-grown woman, but a woman-child.

1907 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 205/1 All agreed that the woman-child wife would never grow older unless through some mental eruption beyond human power to produce.

1976 R. C. Toll On with Show viii. 234/1 Sothern took off a great deal more and was sexually much more explicit as she acted out the image of the sexy woman-child literally throwing off her inhibition in a fit of passion.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Jan. d1 A slight blush crept over her womanchild face, as if a deep secret had been revealed.

2001 Heat 27 Oct. 82/3 Much like her previous three albums, it's an eclectic mix of old-fashioned and contemporary tunes trilled to perfection by the 15-year-old womanchild.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woman-child
释义	woman-childn. Brit. /ˈwʊmənˌtʃʌɪld/, U.S. /ˈwʊmənˌtʃaɪld/ Inflections: Plural women-children, woman-children. Forms: see woman n. and child n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., child n. Etymology: < woman n. + child n. Compare earlier man-child n.Compare Old English wīf-cild female child ( < wife n. + child n.). 1. A female child; a girl. Now chiefly literary. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] maiden-childeOE maidenOE maidc1275 maid-childc1275 wenchc1290 thernec1300 lassc1325 maidenkinc1330 child-womana1382 girlc1400 pucelle1439 maidkin1440 mawther1440 mop1466 woman-child?1515 bonnea1529 urchina1535 kinchin-mort1567 dandiprat1582 prill1587 sluta1592 little girl1603 maggie1603 tendril1603 squall1607 childa1616 filly1616 vriester1652 miss1668 gilpie1720 lassie1725 laddess1768 jeune fillea1777 bitch1785 girly?1786 gal1795 ladyling1807 missikin1815 colleen1828 girleen1833 snowdrop1833 pinafore1836 chica1843 fillette1847 charity-girl1848 urchiness1852 Mädchen1854 gel1857 pusill1884 backfisch1888 girly-girly1888 cliner1895 tittie1918 weeny1929 bobby-soxer1944 ?1515 W. Harrington Commendations of Matrimony sig. C.iii^v A man childe vntyl he be fully. xiiii. yeres of age. & in a woman childe to she be fully. xii. yeres of age. 1564 T. Becon New Catech. in Wks. 537 It is expedient, y^t..scholes for women children be erected. 1580 Orders for Orphans (City of London) sig. Aiv If any womanchilde..be a common Picker. 1611 E. Aston tr. J. Boemus Manners, Lawes, & Customes i. vi. 53 If it be a woman childe they singe off her brests in her infancie. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. viii. 265 The women, by stealth, put a woman-child into the Princes Cradle. 1728 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 249 To lie with any Woman Child under Ten Years old, tho' with her Consent, is Felony. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. xvii. 449 The father might..assign a guardian to any woman-child under the age of sixteen. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 183 Such a temper—in one so young—..a child—a woman-child. 1866 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lost Tales Miletus 108 An aged king, to whom the fates had spared But one fair woman-child. 1901 J. London God of his Fathers 7 So in the end she bore me a child, a woman-child, and died. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare xxxvii. 180 And to propagate a woman-child too; that seems to me to suggest the recuperative splendor of the human race. 2000 E. Hilderbrand Beach Club (2001) 241 I've had problems with women just like everybody else. And then I find myself the father of a woman-child. 2. A female child who acts like or resembles a woman. Also: an adult woman who behaves in a childish manner. Π 1860 United Presbyterian Mag. Oct. 499 It seems necessary, therefore, to suppose that the daughter sold by her father..was not a full-grown woman, but a woman-child. 1907 Everybody's Mag. Mar. 205/1 All agreed that the woman-child wife would never grow older unless through some mental eruption beyond human power to produce. 1976 R. C. Toll On with Show viii. 234/1 Sothern took off a great deal more and was sexually much more explicit as she acted out the image of the sexy woman-child literally throwing off her inhibition in a fit of passion. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Jan. d1 A slight blush crept over her womanchild face, as if a deep secret had been revealed. 2001 Heat 27 Oct. 82/3 Much like her previous three albums, it's an eclectic mix of old-fashioned and contemporary tunes trilled to perfection by the 15-year-old womanchild. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1515
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