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单词 zitella
释义

zitellan.

Brit. /zɪˈtɛlə/, U.S. /zɪˈtɛlə/
Inflections: Plural zitelle, zitellas.
Forms: 1600s zittella, 1600s 1800s– zitella.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymons: Italian zitella, citella.
Etymology: < Italian zitella, †zittella (plural zitelle ) young unmarried woman, girl, virgin (a1360), variant (chiefly regional: southern) of citella (a1258) < cita betrothed girl, bride, virgin (see ziti n.) + -ella -ella suffix.In the plural form zitelle after the Italian plural form.
Now rare.
In Italian contexts: a young woman, spec. one who is unmarried or a virgin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
mayc1175
burdc1225
maidc1275
wenchc1290
file1303
virginc1330
girla1375
damselc1380
young ladya1393
jilla1425
juvenclec1430
young person1438
domicellea1464
quean1488
trull1525
pulleta1533
Tib1533
kittyc1560
dell1567
gillian1573
nymph1584
winklota1586
frotion1587
yuffrouw1589
pigeon1592
tit1599
nannicock1600
muggle1608
gixy1611
infanta1611
dilla1627
tittiea1628
whimsy1631
ladykin1632
stammel1639
moggie1648
zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
gouge1828
craft1829
meisie1838
sheila1839
sixteenc1840
chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
sort1933
palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 292 The Zitelle..walked in Procession to s: Peter, where the<y> were shew'd the Veronica.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 250 The Procession of the Zitelle vpon our Ladyes day in Lent.
1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans iii. i. 24 A Curtizan! and a Zittella too? a pretty contradiction!
1886 B. Roosevelt Copper Queen III. iii. 55 There were..dancing men in black and white, zingaras from Granada, and zitellas from Naples.
2017 Guardian (Nexis) 14 Oct. ‘The bosses thought that stealing from three zitelle would be like stealing candy from a baby,’ says Irene, ‘but this time they messed with the wrong zitelle.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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