This weeks old word is privign. Now, this word is a noun that was used mostly between 1605 all the way to 1654. Privign is a fancier way of saying stepson… why they had to make a fancier term for stepson I don’t know but that’s what this weeks word means.
How to pronounce this weeks word:
PRI-VINE
Examples of using privign in a sentence:
He was looking forward to gaining a privign after he married the love of his life.
Or…
The woman was known to not be so kind to her privign.
Or…
Their privign was treated more like a housekeeper than one of their children.
Should this would be brought back?
I think if you are writing historical fiction or getting together with your steampunk buddies for an adventure around town this word would make more sense to use… but to use it in common, everyday conversation – no. Like many of the words I do in this segment privign is a fun word to say but it’s one that would take more explaining than it would to just say stepson. This doesn’t mean I won’t use it but I doubt it is going to make a comeback. 🙂
Deanna Wiltshire graduated from the Lakehead University with a BA in English and Bachelors in Education. She likes cozy sweaters, chai tea, gaming, volunteering within the art community, great food and her Netflix.
When she isn’t vigorously writing, she is crocheting, drawing, or photographing her adventures with her partner (Mr. Canuck). They live in a small town in Ontario, Canada counting down the days until they can be cat parents.
Child of the Light is the first of the Prophecy Six Series and her debut novel published in 2015. Children of Sirphan is her most recent release (December 2016) and second book of the series. The third book of the series – Sons of Lost Kings – is set to release summer of 2018.
Lol. I like to create decent content… so I have to think of something to talk about if I was to talk more… maybe try my hand at a podcast of some sort… who knows… 😄
That’s a good idea. There’s a guy who does a history of Rome podcast on Spotify. He reads it out and it sounds good. A real art to write script that reads like talking.
I find it a little strange that they would need an extra word for ‘stepson’. I mean, how often did this happen back in the day? How often does it happen nowadays? A curious thought.
Well… this was during the time when women died from childbirth, or consumption, or the Spanish Flue…. or millions of other deadly things. It was believed that a child would grow up wrong with they didn’t have a mother’s influence… so men would remarry soon after their wives passing. This resulted in a lot of people having a lot of step children.
I believe there is also a word for stepdaughter but I will have to hunt it down.. 🙂
It would be the woman’s responsibility to take care of the children while the man provided for the family. She would be adopting him. Also the term privign is for both a man and woman to use. So it could be his privign, or her privign. It is a word either gender can use to identify the son that isn’t born to them. 🙂
October 31, 2016 at 12:33 pm
I’m glad you pronounced it. I thought it was pri-vi-gin, like virgin.
You have a great voice you should do more audio.. Extended…
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October 31, 2016 at 1:39 pm
I should but I have no idea what to talk about. 😄
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October 31, 2016 at 2:14 pm
As long as you sound good, who cares? 🙂
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October 31, 2016 at 2:35 pm
Lol. I like to create decent content… so I have to think of something to talk about if I was to talk more… maybe try my hand at a podcast of some sort… who knows… 😄
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October 31, 2016 at 2:48 pm
Thanks for taking that the right way. Maybe practice, edit… It is harder when it gets long. 🙂
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October 31, 2016 at 3:24 pm
True. Maybe I’ll record some of my old blog posts and test it out. 😄
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October 31, 2016 at 4:59 pm
That’s a good idea. There’s a guy who does a history of Rome podcast on Spotify. He reads it out and it sounds good. A real art to write script that reads like talking.
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October 31, 2016 at 1:10 pm
I find it a little strange that they would need an extra word for ‘stepson’. I mean, how often did this happen back in the day? How often does it happen nowadays? A curious thought.
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October 31, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Well… this was during the time when women died from childbirth, or consumption, or the Spanish Flue…. or millions of other deadly things. It was believed that a child would grow up wrong with they didn’t have a mother’s influence… so men would remarry soon after their wives passing. This resulted in a lot of people having a lot of step children.
I believe there is also a word for stepdaughter but I will have to hunt it down.. 🙂
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October 31, 2016 at 1:54 pm
Oh! So the woman would inherit the step son. For some reason, I was thinking the man was inheriting the stepson, but this makes total sense now. ^.^
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October 31, 2016 at 1:58 pm
It would be the woman’s responsibility to take care of the children while the man provided for the family. She would be adopting him. Also the term privign is for both a man and woman to use. So it could be his privign, or her privign. It is a word either gender can use to identify the son that isn’t born to them. 🙂
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