bondage
English
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from Middle English bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from Old English bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑn.dɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: bond‧age
Noun
editbondage (countable and uncountable, plural bondages)
- The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
- Antonym: freedom
- In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.
- 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
- "She was the Wicked Witch of the East, as I said," answered the little woman. "She has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her night and day. Now they are all set free, and are grateful to you for the favor."
- (by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
- Antonym: freedom
- He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.
- (sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
- Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.
- (attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.
- bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants
Derived terms
editTranslations
editstate of being enslaved or the practice of slavery
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state of lacking freedom; constraint
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practice of tying people up for sexual pleasure
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “bondage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “bondage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “subjection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English bondage.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbondage f (uncountable)
Spanish
editNoun
editbondage m (plural bondages)
- bondage (sexual practice)
Swedish
editNoun
editbondage
- bondage (sexual practice)
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