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#{{label|en|anatomy}} In female [[mammal]]s, the [[organ]] in which the [[young]] are [[conceive]]d and grow until [[birth]]; the [[uterus]]. {{defdate|from 8<sup>th</sup>c.}} |
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#{{label|en|obsolete}} The [[abdomen]] or [[stomach]]. {{defdate|8<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup>c.}} |
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#*{{RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1}}. Bk.V, Ch.iiij: |
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#*:And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his '''wombe''' was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew{{nb...}}. |
#*:And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his '''wombe''' was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew{{nb...}}. |
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#{{label|en|obsolete}} The [[stomach]] of a person or creature. {{defdate|8<sup>th</sup>-18<sup>th</sup>c.}} |
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#*'''1395''', {{w|John Wycliffe}}, ''Bible'', Jonah II: |
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#*:And þe Lord made redi a gret fish þat he shulde swolewe Ionas; and Ionas was in '''wombe''' of þe fish þre daȝes and þre niȝtis. |
#*:And þe Lord made redi a gret fish þat he shulde swolewe Ionas; and Ionas was in '''wombe''' of þe fish þre daȝes and þre niȝtis. |
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#{{label|en|figuratively}} A place where something is made or formed. {{defdate|from 15<sup>th</sup>c.}} |
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#*:The '''womb''' of earth the genial seed receives. |
#*:The '''womb''' of earth the genial seed receives. |
Revision as of 07:10, 4 October 2014
English
Alternative forms
- wame (dialectal)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) wombe, (deprecated template usage) wambe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) womb, (deprecated template usage) wamb, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Cognate with Scots (deprecated template usage) wam, (deprecated template usage) wame, Dutch (deprecated template usage) wam, German (deprecated template usage) Wamme, (deprecated template usage) Wampe, Danish (deprecated template usage) vom, Swedish (deprecated template usage) våmb, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Norwegian (deprecated template usage) vomb, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) vömb, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Welsh (deprecated template usage) gumbelauc, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Breton (deprecated template usage) gwamm, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) वपा (vapā́).
Pronunciation
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Noun
womb (plural wombs)
- (anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8thc.]
- (obsolete) The abdomen or stomach. [8th-17thc.]
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1. Bk.V, Ch.iiij:
- And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew […].
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1. Bk.V, Ch.iiij:
- (obsolete) The stomach of a person or creature. [8th-18thc.]
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Jonah II:
- And þe Lord made redi a gret fish þat he shulde swolewe Ionas; and Ionas was in wombe of þe fish þre daȝes and þre niȝtis.
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Jonah II:
- (figuratively) A place where something is made or formed. [from 15thc.]
- Dryden
- The womb of earth the genial seed receives.
- Dryden
- Any cavity containing and enveloping anything.
- Robert Browning
- The centre spike of gold / Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb.
- Robert Browning
Synonyms
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Verb
womb (third-person singular simple present wombs, present participle wombing, simple past and past participle wombed)
- (deprecated template usage) (obsolete) To enclose in a womb, or as if in a womb; to breed or hold in secret.
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