etymology - How is quean related to queen? - English Language …
2018年8月17日 · The originally short vowel of quean would have been lengthened in Middle English, resulting in a long but open-mid vowel [ɛː] (as opposed to the long close-mid vowel …
Where do we get “queen” from? [closed] - English Language
The Oxford English Dictionary online's first few lines of the etymology of queen are as follows: Cognate with Old Saxon quān wife, Old Icelandic kván wife, (in poetry) queen (also as kvæn ), …
A wife who knows and accepts her husband's infidelity
2015年2月9日 · A modern literary example: In Gillian Flynn's novel Gone Girl, although the beautiful pro/antagonist Amy Elliott Dunne is fully aware her husband has been cheating for …
What are the indigenous English words for a prostitute?
2019年7月8日 · The only three Old English words I know referring to prostitutes are meretrix (a direct borrowing from Latin), for-legis (and similar forms, though they tend to also mean …
Origin of "tan someone's hide" as in "I'm gonna tan your hide"
2017年12月19日 · Come, come, you Quean, I'll make you leave your fooling, come to your Spindle, or else I'll lam your Hide, you were ne'er lamm'd so since you were an Inch long. In …
Where did the word “quim” come from? - English Language
2013年12月19日 · Early dictionary coverage of 'quim' Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) has nine slang terms for "the private parts" of a girl or woman—to wit: …
Why is the letter 'Q' almost always followed by the letter 'U'?
2011年2月12日 · There is no rule that q must be followed by u in all circumstances. This is merely true in the vast majority of circumstances, and it goes back to Latin.
"Screw" slang terms — are any socially acceptable?
2022年1月1日 · There are a number of slang terms that use the term "screw". Pulling from an answer on this site:. screw-based [slang terms] abound: you can screw something up (mess it …