■ noun ( plural wives ) a married woman considered in relation to her husband.
↘ archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one.
Derivatives
~hood noun
~less adjective
~liness noun
~ly adjective
Origin
OE wīf 'woman', of Gmc origin.
■ noun ( plural wives ) a married woman considered in relation to her husband.
↘ archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one.
Derivatives
~hood noun
~less adjective
~liness noun
~ly adjective
Origin
OE wīf 'woman', of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004