noun
Only when written 女君
Archaic honorific term used to refer respectfully to someone else's daughter. Restricted to the kanji form 女君.
古典文学では、貴族の女君を「めぎみ」と呼ぶことがある。
In classical literature, a nobleman's daughter is sometimes referred to as めぎみ.
noun
Only when written 妻君
Archaic honorific term used to refer respectfully to someone else's wife. The kanji form 妻君 is used for this sense.
「妻君」は、他人の妻を敬って呼ぶ古い言い方です。
妻君 is an old respectful way to refer to another person's wife.
The reading めぎみ is a combination of 女 (me, 'woman') or 妻 (me, 'wife') and 君 (kimi, 'lord' or honorific suffix), with rendaku voicing. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.