Huswife
21Jervis Markham — Gervase Markham Gervase (ou Jervis) Markham (vers 1568 Fevrier 1637) est un poète et écrivain anglais, connu pour son travail The English Huswife, Containing the Inward and Outward Virtues Which Ought to Be in a Complete Woman, publié pour la… …
22hussy — 1520s, mistress of a household, housewife, alteration of M.E. husewif (see HOUSEWIFE (Cf. housewife)). Gradually broadened to mean any woman or girl, and by 1650 was being applied to a woman or girl who shows casual or improper behavior, and a… …
23housewife — n. 1. Mistress of a family, goodwoman. 2. Huswife, female economist, thrifty woman …
24there’s no place like home — Cf. HESIOD Works & Days l. 365 οἴκοι βέλτερον εἶναι, there’s no place like home. 1571 T. TUSSER Husbandry (rev. ed.) H1v Though home be but homely, yet huswife is taught, That home hath no fellow to such as haue aught. 1823 J. H. PAYNE Clari I. i …
25hussy — [huz′ē, hus′ē] n. pl. hussies [contr. < ME huswife, housewife] 1. a woman, esp. one of low morals: contemptuous or playful term 2. a bold, saucy girl or young woman 3. Dial. a small sewing kit …
