hussy的词源

英文词源

hussy (n.)

1520s, "mistress of a household, housewife," alteration of Middle English husewif (see 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 general derogatory sense had overtaken the word by late 18c. "It is common to use housewife in a good, and huswife or hussy in a bad sense" [Johnson].

中文词源

hussy：粗野女子

缩写自housewife,家庭主妇，但后来该词贬义化，并形成了固定的词义，用以形容粗野的或举止不合体的女子。比较hubby.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：hussy 词源，hussy 含义。