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unwed
English
Etymology
From un- +? wed.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?d
Adjective
unwed (not comparable)
- Not married.
Translations
Noun
unwed (plural unweds)
- One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Unmarried,”[1]
- Perhaps the most awkward situation for the inexperienced young landlady was how to deal with “unweds.”
- Should unweds living together receive the same social benefits as married couples?
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Unmarried,”[1]
Translations
Verb
unwed (third-person singular simple present unweds, present participle unwedding, simple past and past participle unwed or unwedded)
- (transitive) To annul the marriage of.
- 1918, All the World (volume 39, page 304)
- At last it was determined to unwed the unhappy pair, during the arrangements for which the husband was arrested and put into jail for six months for rioting.
- 1918, All the World (volume 39, page 304)
- (transitive, figuratively) To separate.
- 2008, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Studies in Literature: Third Series (page 206)
- A singer must be a fool indeed if you do not hear through Sullivan's notes the exact language of any song. Take, for example, the well-known Sentry song in Iolanthe and attempt to unwed the wit of the air from the wit of the thought and words; […]
- 2008, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Studies in Literature: Third Series (page 206)
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maidenhood
English
Etymology
From Middle English maydenhode, meidenhod, ma?denhad, from Old English mæ?denh?d (“maidenhood”), equivalent to maiden +? -hood.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?me?d(?)nh?d/
Noun
maidenhood (countable and uncountable, plural maidenhoods)
- (uncountable) The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl.
- A woman's virginity or maidenhead.
- Freshness; newness.
Synonyms
- maidhood
Related terms
- maidenhead
Translations
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