Izwi rokuti "mashawi echirikadzi" rinoreva zvipfeko zvakasviba zvakasakara (zvikurukuru) nechirikadzi munguva yeVa Victorian, iyo yakarondedzera "zvakanakira" kuchema "iyo yakarongedza zvose maitiro avo uye maitiro avo mushure mekufa kwevarume vavo.
Masora echirikadzi anoshandiswa nenguvo yakaremara, yakasviba inovanza chimiro chechikadzi, pamwe ne "chifukidziro chekuchema" chakasvibira pamusoro uye chiso paunenge uchienda kunze.
Kunze, vakadzi vaizopfekedza "chikwama chechirikadzi." Zvinhu izvi zvaiwanzogadziridzwa kubva kana zvakashongedzwa nemucheka, tsvina (isina-reflective) yakagadzirwa nesiriki.
Rutsigiro rweMfumukazi Victoria
Masora echirikadzi anonyanyobatanidzwa neAva Victorian, iyo inotsanangurwa nekutonga kweEngland Victoria Queen, 1837 kusvika muna 1901. Kuonekwa pachena sehutano hwehutsika hwehutsika hwevanhu uye tsika, Queen Victoria zvakanyanya kuchinja mafungiro nemagariro evanhu vasiri ivo chete vanotonga mukati meUnited Kingdom asiwo vanhu pasi pose. Mushure mekufa kwemurume wake, Prince Albert, muna 1861, akazvivanza ndokupinda munguva yakareba yekuchema. Kubva panguva ino kusvika pakufa kwake makore makumi mana gare gare, vahosi vakapfekedza zvipfeko zvekuchema: rima, zvipfeko zvinoputika zvakarongwa kuratidza ruremekedzo rwevakafa.
Munguva yekutonga kwamambokadzi, danho re "rokutanga," "rakakwana" kana "rakadzika" kuchema muVictoria muEngland rinotaura kuti mukadzi anofanira kupfeka masora wechirikadzi.
Iyi nguva inogona kupedzisira inopfuura kwegore mushure mekufa kwemudiwa . Kana chirikadzi yakasiya imba yake, kunyange zvishandiso zvake, zvakadai sehombodo dzake, umburera, bhegi, nezvimwewo, zvakanga zvakasviba uye zvakasviba pakuonekwa. Munguva yekutanga kuchema mushure mekufa kwemurume wake, Mambokadzi Victoria akapfekedza zvishongo zvakagadzirwa kubva "jet," chimiro chebasi rakasvibiswa rakafanana nechekusimba uye rusiya tourmaline, iyo yose yakafanana negirazi yakasviba.
(Zvichiitika, iyi ndiyo iyo izwi remazuva ano "jet-black" rinobva.)
Kunyange zvazvo matanho ekutungamirira maitiro nehupfeti mushure mekufa zvishoma nezvishoma akasunungurwa mushure mekufa kweMambokadzi Victoria muna 1901, simba rake rinoramba riripo nhasi. Vakawanda vedu tichiri kufungidzira kuti tinofanira kupfekedza zvipfeko zverima kana zvisingasviki kumariro kana sechirangaridzo (kunyange zvazvo pfungwa iyi iri kupera zvishoma nezvishoma, zvakare).
Nenzira, kana shoko rokuti "masora" rinoratidzika kusanzwisisike, rinzwisisa kuti izwi rinobva muShoko rekare reChirungu rinoreva "nguvo, kupfeka, nguvo, nguvo kana nguvo." Izwi iro rinowana etymologically kubva pakutanga yeProto-Indo-European izwi wedh , iro raireva kuti " kuputika ," iyo inobatanidza nemicheka.
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> "Zvipfeko zvekuzorora nekuchema," neAlison Petch. England: The Other Within.
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