单词 | womanthrope |
释义 | womanthropen. humorous. Now rare. A person who hates women; a misogynist. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [noun] > hatred of women > one who woman-hater1607 misogynist1620 misogyn1817 womanthrope1863 gynophobia1886 feminophobia1960 1863 G. O. Trevelyan in Macmillan's Mag. July 203/1 I had been prepared a few pages before, by finding a misogynist called a ‘womanthrope’. 1891 O. Wilde Intentions 126 They would become confirmed misanthropes, or if I may borrow a phrase from one of the pretty Newnham graduates, confirmed womanthropes for the rest of their lives. 1899 O. Wilde Importance of being Earnest ii. 68 You should get married. A misanthrope I can understand—a womanthrope, never! 1902 ‘Coldstreamer’ Ballads of Boer War iv. 35 I'm quite willing for to be Wot scholards calls a ‘womanthrope’. 1924 E. F. Benson David Blaize of King's ii. 218 ‘Crabtree's become a—a womanthrope,’ said Tommers. ‘No—a misowench.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1863 |
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