"housewifery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhaʊswɪf(ə)ɹi/ [UK] Forms: housewiferies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English huswyfery, huswyffrye, howswyfry, equivalent to housewife + -ry. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|huswyfery}} Middle English huswyfery, {{m|enm|huswyffrye}} huswyffrye, {{m|enm|howswyfry}} howswyfry, {{suffix|en|housewife|ry}} housewife + -ry Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} housewifery (usually uncountable, plural housewiferies)
  1. The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of being a housewife): housewifeskip (Scots)
    Sense id: en-housewifery-en-noun-88kS3QEX Disambiguation of 'the state of being a housewife': 74 26
  2. (obsolete) Household goods. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-housewifery-en-noun-j3LlSmp7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ry: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: housewifeship, housewifry, housewivery, huswifery [obsolete]

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