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spouse

noun
/spaʊ̯s/

Etymology

From Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin spōnsus m (“bridegroom”), spōnsa f (“bride”), from spondeō (“to vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-. Displaced native Old English ġemaca. Related to espouse and sponsor.

  1. derived from *spend-✻
  2. derived from spōnsus
  3. derived from espos
  4. derived from espus
  5. inherited from spous

Definitions

  1. A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

    • People should treat their spouses with respect.
    • At last such grace I found, and meanes I wrought, / That I that Ladie to my spouse had wonne
    • But mama got wise to the game / The youngest of five kids, hon here it is / After ten years without no spouse / Mama's gettin married in the house

  2. To wed

    To wed; to espouse.

    • Do you stand possess’d Of any proof against the honourableness Of Lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at spouse. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01spouse02espouse03support04aid05helper06domestic07farm08tract09connected10friend

A definitional loop anchored at spouse. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at spouse

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA