maidenism

These Wilsons are about the best people we know here; the lady, verging on old-maidenism, is distinctly the cleverest woman I know.

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

Young women, like young birds, are crowded out of the old nest sometimes; sometimes they dislike old maidenism;

Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth, 1901

Allworthy, who is an example of 'delicate femaleism' just verging on old-maidenism.

The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

I thought you too brave to crouch before the jeers hurled at 'old maidenism '.

At the Mercy of Tiberius 1872