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ˈnunnish, a. [f. nun n.1] Pertaining to, characteristic of, a nun; nun-like.
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 178/2 Three daughters of Merwaldus..entred the profession and vow of Nunnish virginitie. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 203 The Nunnish, or Monastick life. 1891Tuckley Under the Queen 242 These women have a nunnish look. Hence † ˈnunnishness. Obs.—1
1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 319 Elysabeth the nonne, who for her holy nonnyshenes was canonised of the..church. |