whoreson

英语

词源

来自中古英语 horesone，hureson（horessone，hores sone），等同于whore +‎ son。对照荷兰语 hoerenzoon、德语 Hurensohn。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈhɔːsən/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈhɔɹ.sən/
• 韵部：-ɔː(ɹ)sən

名词

whoreson (复数 whoresons)

1. (弃用) 冒犯性用语：不合法/偷生的孩子，未婚生子（私生子）
   • c. 1595–1596, W. Shakespere [i.e., 威廉·莎士比亞], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, 出版于 1598, →OCLC; 再版为 Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Ah, you whoreſon loggerhead, you were borne to do me ſhame.

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   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i

     Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged.

2. (字面意思) 娼妓生的儿子

形容词

whoreson (无比较级)

1. (弃用) 刻薄；恶劣；无用