MAIDENLINESS


Meaning of MAIDENLINESS in English

- ə nlēnə̇s, -lin- noun

( -es )

Etymology: maidenly (I) + -ness

: conduct or traits befitting a maiden

though she heard the remembered voice, her maidenliness had not permitted that she should show herself — Arnold Bennett

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