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wifelet

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/01 01:12 UTC 版)

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈwaɪflət/, /-lɪt/
• ハイフネーション: wife‧let

名詞

wifelet (plural wifelets)

1. (colloquial, endearing) A wife.
   Synonyms: wifekin, wifeling, (obsolete) wifelkin, wifie
   • 1857 June, “Miss Caley”, in Putnam’s Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science, and Art, volume IX, number LIV, New York, N.Y.: Miller & Company, […]; London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., →OCLC, page 586, column 1:
   • 1876, William Wolfe Capes, quoting Epictetus (translated), “The Literary Currents of the Age”, in The Roman Empire of the Second Century: Or The Age of the Antonines (Epochs of Ancient History), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 174:
     As on a journey, when the ship is lying at anchor, thou mayest land to take in water, and gather shells and the like upon the shore, but must keep the vessel still in view, and when the steersman beckons, must leave all else at once to come on board; so, too, in life's pilgrimage, if wifelet or little one be given thee for a while, it may be well, but see to it that thou art ready, when the pilot calls, to go at once, and turn not to look back.
   • 1962 December, Edward Albee, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Publishers, →OCLC; Pocket Cardinal edition, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, March 1968 (13th printing), →OCLC, Act 3 (The Exorcism), page 212:
   • 2015, Francis H. Powell, “Body Parts”, in Doris Chu, Daniel S. Janik, editors, Flight of Destiny, Honolulu, Hi.: Savant Books and Publications, →ISBN, page 273:
2. (informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature.
3. (Can we verify this sense?) (informal, by extension) A long-term girlfriend; a mistress (the “other woman” in an extramarital relationship). [from 1960s]
   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mistress
   • 2016 June 2, Alice Vincent, “We hope to move Glastonbury to Longleat by 2019, says Michael Eavis”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 July 2019:

参照

• “wifelet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

1. ^ “wifelet, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2016; “wifelet, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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