英和和英

語源

Inherited from 中期英語 bondage (“serfdom”), from British Medieval Latin bondagium (“an inferior tenure held by a bond or husbandman”), from 中期英語 bond (“tenant farmer, serf”), from 古期英語 bonda (“householder, husband, head of a family”), of Old Norse origin. Sense development influenced by the unrelated terms bond and bind.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɒn.dɪd͡ʒ/
  • (MLE) IPA: /ˈbɔn.dɪdʒ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɑn.dɪd͡ʒ/
• ハイフネーション: bond‧age

名詞

bondage (countable and uncountable, plural bondages)

1. The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.

   Antonym: freedom

   debt bondage

   In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.

   • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:

     "She was the Wicked Witch of the East, as I said," answered the little woman. "She has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her night and day. Now they are all set free, and are grateful to you for the favor."

2. (by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.

   Antonym: freedom

   He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.

3. (sex) The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.

   Their marriage broke up when she discovered he had been engaging in bondage games with a local dominatrix while he was supposedly working out at the gym.

4. (attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.

   bondage trousers; bondage jeans; bondage pants

派生語

参考

• BDSM
• S&M

Further reading

• “bondage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bondage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “subjection” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

アナグラム

• dogbane, endobag, gone bad