damsel
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damsel
- /ˈdæm.zəl/ UK
- /ˈdæm.zəl/ US
- [ˈdɛəm.zɫ̩] US
- /ˈdæm.zəl/ Australia
- [ˈdɛːm.zɫ̩] Australia
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Proto-Indo-European *dem-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.
Proto-Italic *domanos
Latin dominus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin dominicus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Vulgar Latin *dominicella
Vulgar Latin *domnicella
Old French domnizelle
Old French damoiselebor.
Middle English dameisele
English damsel
From Middle English dameisele, from Old French damoisele, from Vulgar Latin *domnicella, a diminutive from Classical Latin domina (“mistress, lady”), from dominus, from *demh₂-. Doublet of demoiselle, doncella, and donzella.
noun damsels · damoisel · damoiselle · damosel · damozel
- A young woman (of noble birth).
- A girl; a maiden (without sexual experience).
- A young woman who is not married.
- An unmarried lady-in-waiting.
- A young, attractive woman. And here I might (if I followed the example of most travellers) launch out into a glowing description of the charms of these damsels, the elegant costumes they wore, and the gold and silver ornaments with which they were adorned. The jacket or body of purple gauze would figure well in such a descrip
- A chattering damsel (component of a mill). The spout that conveys the grain from the hopper to the eye or centre of the upper millstone rests against the spindle, just at the damsel, and thus receives an alternate back and forward motion, […]
