English Dictionary

hussy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhʌsi/

名詞

廃用

(obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper. / A sexually immoral woman. / A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior.

日本語の意味

（古語）主婦、家政婦 / 性的に道徳観念に反する女性 / 生意気または不作法な行動を示す女性

In the village chronicles, the hussy rose at dawn to bake bread and care for the household.

村の年代記には、その主婦が夜明けに起きてパンを焼き、家の世話をしたと記されている。

意味（1）

(obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.

WIRTHIN. Well, I should think so! They just dote on that hussy—can't seem to get enough of her. Gretchen tells me so herself. And the care she takes of them!

意味（2）

A sexually immoral woman.

She called him pig' in bastard Arabic, and he called herhussy' in good English, but these amenities were forgotten in the face of the catastrophe that had overwhelmed her at the hands of her Queen.

意味（3）

A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior.

Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.

意味（4）

(obsolete) A case or bag for needles, thread, etc.

hussies （ plural ）