womenfolkn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪmɪnfəʊk/, U.S.

/ˈwɪmᵻnˌfoʊk/

Forms: see woman n. and folk n.

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

Etymology: < the plural of woman n. (compare woman n. Compounds 4) + folk n.

The women of a particular family, household, or other group. Also: women in general.

a. As a mass noun.

ΘΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively

wifkinOE

womanOE

womankinc1175

womankindc1175

womenkina1387

womenkinda1387

womanhoodc1405

feminityc1425

femininityc1450

femininec1451

the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536

the second sex1536

the woman sex1536

feminie1541

mesdames1552

the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578

sex1589

ladyhooda1666

fair1687

wimmin1710

womenfolk1729

mesdemoiselles1739

the female of the species1795

femalitiesc1801

ladykind1829

womanity1836

womandom1838

ladydom1843

petticoatery1849

tea-body1865

muslin1884

the skirt1899

quim1909

womyn1975

womxn1991

the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively > of household

womeneOE

womankind1557

womenkind1598

womenfolk1729

1729 T. Odell Smugglers i. 13 It shall be for the Women-folk.

c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. i. 6 I have seen the women folk tittering, 'till they were ready to break their zides.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 389 Making your appearance in such a fashion, and that too, when you know there are women-folk in the house.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. i. 1 There was a stir among our women-folk.

1911 Times 2 Aug. 3/2 Foreign residents have sent their women-folk by train to Mexico City.

1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 81 Black-scarved faces of womenfolk.

1954 Life 19 Apr. 85/2 A story about how five vice presidents of a furniture factory, their associates and their pretty womenfolk argue their way into choosing one of their number as president.

2000 Independent 8 June i. 3/1 The Prime Minister's ice-breaker appeared to have worked perfectly as he wooed the doughty womenfolk of Middle Britain yesterday.

b. In plural (colloquial and regional (chiefly North American)).

ΚΠ

1747 Gen. Descr. All Trades 161 They also make Wooden Clogs, both which are of great Use to the Women Folks.

1851 J. J. Hooper Widow Rugby in Some Adventures Simon Suggs 50 Such wimmen folks.

1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 131 We could gain no information from the ‘women-folks’..nor from the men who had just come in.

1936 K. M. Morehouse Rain on Just 19 Women folks..toting nursing babies.

1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 13 Anytime you wants to git something done, from hoeing out a crop to getting married, just get the womenfolks to working at it.

1995 Visit'n: Conversat. with Vermonters (Vermont Folklife Center) 39/1 It was early enough so that the women folks hadn't got up.

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

单词	womenfolk
释义	womenfolkn. Brit. /ˈwɪmɪnfəʊk/, U.S. /ˈwɪmᵻnˌfoʊk/ Forms: see woman n. and folk n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., folk n. Etymology: < the plural of woman n. (compare woman n. Compounds 4) + folk n. The women of a particular family, household, or other group. Also: women in general. a. As a mass noun. ΘΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively wifkinOE womanOE womankinc1175 womankindc1175 womenkina1387 womenkinda1387 womanhoodc1405 feminityc1425 femininityc1450 femininec1451 the fair (also gentle, soft, weak, etc.) sex1536 the second sex1536 the woman sex1536 feminie1541 mesdames1552 the fairer (also gentler, softer, weaker, etc.) sex1578 sex1589 ladyhooda1666 fair1687 wimmin1710 womenfolk1729 mesdemoiselles1739 the female of the species1795 femalitiesc1801 ladykind1829 womanity1836 womandom1838 ladydom1843 petticoatery1849 tea-body1865 muslin1884 the skirt1899 quim1909 womyn1975 womxn1991 the world > people > person > woman > [noun] > women collectively > of household womeneOE womankind1557 womenkind1598 womenfolk1729 1729 T. Odell Smugglers i. 13 It shall be for the Women-folk. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. i. 6 I have seen the women folk tittering, 'till they were ready to break their zides. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 389 Making your appearance in such a fashion, and that too, when you know there are women-folk in the house. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly I. i. 1 There was a stir among our women-folk. 1911 Times 2 Aug. 3/2 Foreign residents have sent their women-folk by train to Mexico City. 1917 D. H. Lawrence Look! We have come Through! 81 Black-scarved faces of womenfolk. 1954 Life 19 Apr. 85/2 A story about how five vice presidents of a furniture factory, their associates and their pretty womenfolk argue their way into choosing one of their number as president. 2000 Independent 8 June i. 3/1 The Prime Minister's ice-breaker appeared to have worked perfectly as he wooed the doughty womenfolk of Middle Britain yesterday. b. In plural (colloquial and regional (chiefly North American)). ΚΠ 1747 Gen. Descr. All Trades 161 They also make Wooden Clogs, both which are of great Use to the Women Folks. 1851 J. J. Hooper Widow Rugby in Some Adventures Simon Suggs 50 Such wimmen folks. 1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 131 We could gain no information from the ‘women-folks’..nor from the men who had just come in. 1936 K. M. Morehouse Rain on Just 19 Women folks..toting nursing babies. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 13 Anytime you wants to git something done, from hoeing out a crop to getting married, just get the womenfolks to working at it. 1995 Visit'n: Conversat. with Vermonters (Vermont Folklife Center) 39/1 It was early enough so that the women folks hadn't got up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1729
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