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English
Pronunciation
Noun
wives
- plural of wife
- (obsolete) genitive of wife
1582 February 3, George Whetstone, An Heptameron of Ciuill Discourses. , London: Richard Iones, :[…] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]
1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; or, A True and Faithfull Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Onely Begotten Son of God and Sovereign over Men and Angels, London: J. Flesher, for W. Morden , page 80:[…] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]
1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], translated by , A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle; , London: J. Morphew, , page 43:He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any.
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Noun
wives
- genitive singular of wijf
Middle English
Noun
wives
- Alternative form of wif