different between spouse vs suttee

English

Etymology

From Middle English spous, spouse, from Anglo-Norman espus m, espuse f and Old French espos m, espose f and by aphesis from Latin sp?nsus m (“bridegroom”), sp?nsa f (“bride”), from sponde? (“I vow, pledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.

Cognate to espouse, sponsor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Noun

spouse (plural spouses)

1. A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:spouse

   Hyponyms: husband, wife

Derived terms

• spousal (adjective)

Translations

Verb

spouse (third-person singular simple present spouses, present participle spousing, simple past and past participle spoused)

1. (dated) To wed; to espouse.
   • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act III, Scene II, verses 212-214

     Do you stand possess’d

     Of any proof against the honourableness

     Of Lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?

Translations

Anagrams

• opuses

English

Alternative forms

• sati

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (sat??, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from ??? (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

1. (historical, Hinduism) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.

Further reading

• Sati on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tutees