guardenage
English edit
Etymology edit
Equivalent to guardian + -age.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
guardenage
- (obsolete, rare) guardianship
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:
- his tuition and guardenage
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pepys to this entry?)
References edit
- “guardenage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.