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Definition of Maidenliness
1. Noun. Behavior befitting a young maiden.
Definition of Maidenliness
1. n. The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
Definition of Maidenliness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being maidenly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maidenliness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maidenliness
Literary usage of Maidenliness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A dictionary of the Spanish and English languages, orig. compiled by Neuman by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti (1862)
"Moderns, those who bave lived lately : opposed to the ancients. Modestia, if.
Modesty, decency, chastity , meekness, maidenliness ; coyness ; humility. ..."
2. Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher by Charles Madison Curry (1921)
"In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues
than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars; and the robuster ..."
3. Selections from the Riverside Literature Series by Carroll Gardner Pearse (1912)
"In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues
than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars ; and the robuster ..."
4. Jackanapes: Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. The Story of a Short Life by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing, Horatia K. F. Gatty (1887)
"... full share of the little beast and the young monkey in his natural composition)
was none the worse, at his tender years, for learning some maidenliness, ..."
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