bridegoom
English edit
Etymology edit
See bridegroom. This variant has been preferred by some writers because it is closer to the Old English root word.
Noun edit
bridegoom (plural bridegooms)
- Alternative form of bridegroom
- 1836, Thomas Moore, The fire-worshippers - Volume 1 - Page 83:
- He said —- and, light as bridegooms bound To their young loves, reclimhed the steep And gained the shrine — his Chiefs stood round— Their swords, as with instinctive leap, Together, at that cry accursed, [...]
- 1883, The Home Missionary - Volume 55 - Page 45:
- The bridegoom wanted to expedite matters. He asked of my wife, "Is there any other minister in town, that we could go to?"
- 1907, Mary Jane Holmes, Forrest House:
- He has consented to be the priest on condition that you are the bridegoom, so do not fail me. Again, with love, Joe." " And so ... She wants me for her bridegoom, and I don't know but I'm willing, so I guess I'll have to go; [...]
- 2011, The Collected Poems of Hafiz - Page 46:
- "From yonder hair-brained hag, The world, good faith and honour "Seek not, for lo! the bride Of thousand bridegooms she is."
References edit
- BRI´DEGOOM in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “This word, by a mispronouncing of the last syllable, has been corrupted into bridegroom, which signifies a bride’s hostler; groom being a Persian word, signifiying[sic] a man who has the care of horses. Such a gross corruption or blunder ought not to remain a reproach to philology.”