- Archwife
- Archwife Arch`wife", n. [Pref. arch- + wife.] A big, masculine wife. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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arch — {{11}}arch (adj.) 1540s, chief, principal, from prefix ARCH (Cf. arch ); used in 12c. archangel, etc., but extended to so many derogatory uses (arch rogue, arch knave, etc.) that by mid 17c. it acquired a meaning of roguish, mischievous, since… … Etymology dictionary
