MAMISHADJ.
uxorious, showing a great or excessive fondness for one's wife ...a1641 obs. rare Note: In "A Supplementary English Glossary" (O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881) the given definition is: foolish, effeminate, mammyish (?) The example shown below is also given, preceded by: "...Bp. Hall,. speaking of the husband having rule over the wife, says ...." ETYMOLOGY from mam (n.) mother + -ish FIRST DOCUMENTED USE ? a1641 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...and, if the Crown be set upon the head (as the husband may give honour to the weaker vessel) yet it is a pittyful head that is not better then the crown that adornes it; but why urge I this? none but some mamish Monsters can question it, and if there be any such that would fain read the words amiss, that the wife hath power over her head, they are most worthy to be punished by the whip of authority, then by their neighbours shame, or my censure. From: The Women's Vail Or a Discourse Concerning the Necessity, or Expedience of the Close-Covering of the Heads of Women By: Bishop Joseph Hall, a1641 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881
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