unmaidenliness love

Definitions

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  • noun The state or condition of being unmaidenly.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ maidenliness

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Examples

  • Wogan had seen too closely into her heart to bring any foolish charge of unmaidenliness against her.

    Clementina 1906

  • He guessed that she loved him and he pitied her; but he could not forgive her unmaidenliness, he could not love her.

    The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest 1893

  • It was part of her punishment, she told herself for her sins of deceit and unmaidenliness in encouraging and meeting a clandestine lover.

    The Light of Scarthey Egerton Castle 1889

  • -- You, father! you have driven me to unmaidenliness!

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • She was taken to Admiral Baldwin Fakenham's house in Hampshire; and there she remained, the delight of his life, during two months, patiently expecting and rebuking the unmaidenliness of her expectations, as honest young women in her position used to do.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • -- You, father! you have driven me to unmaidenliness!

    The Egoist George Meredith 1868

  • She was taken to Admiral Baldwin Fakenham's house in Hampshire; and there she remained, the delight of his life, during two months, patiently expecting and rebuking the unmaidenliness of her expectations, as honest young women in her position used to do.

    The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • She was taken to Admiral Baldwin Fakenham's house in Hampshire; and there she remained, the delight of his life, during two months, patiently expecting and rebuking the unmaidenliness of her expectations, as honest young women in her position used to do.

    The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

  • She thought this, blushing as if it were unmaidenliness, when it was only nature speaking in her heart.

    Olive A Novel Dinah Maria Mulock Craik 1856

  • Anything more, so early as this, would imply unmaidenliness on her part. "

    Pearl of Pearl Island John Oxenham 1896

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