Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of wife
- genitiveobsoletegenitive of wife
[…] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]
1582 February 3, George Whetstone, An Heptameron of Ciuill Discourses. […], London: […] Richard Iones, […]2 more examples
[…] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]
1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; or, A True and Faithfull Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Onely Begotten Son of God and Sovereign over Men and Angels, London: […] J. Flesher, for W. Morden […], page 80He found a freſh Subject for his Admiration, when he ſaw the Prickles on that which bore his Wives Name, and the two others without any.
1711, [Laurent] B[ordelon], translated by [unknown], A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle; […], London: […] J. Morphew, […], page 43
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APA
wives. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wives
MLA
“wives.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wives. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wives,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wives.
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