ladynessn.
/ˈleɪdɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈleɪdinᵻs/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of virgin > Mary
hyperdulia1531
ladyness1538
super-service1592
Mariolatry1612
marianolatry1755
1538 H. Latimer Let. 6 Oct. in Serm. & Remains (1845) (modernized text) II. 403 By reason of their lady [sc. a wooden image of the Virgin Mary] they have been given to much idleness; but now that she is gone, they be turned to laboriousness, and so from ladyness to godliness.
2. The quality or state of being a lady; (also) effeminacy.In quot. 1671: (with possessive adjective) as a form of address.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun]
effeminateness1558
effeminacy1571
gingerliness1583
mollitude1599
mollities1604
invirility1628
femality?1643
womanlishness1648
feminity1669
ladyness1671
Miss Mollyism1834
femininity1855
Miss Nancyism1860
sissiness1892
camp1909
sissification1910
camping1922
lavender1929
1671 tr. A. H. de Mendoza To love only for Love Sake ii. 75 What commands thy Ladyness?
1785 E. Perronet Who is Man? in Occas. Verses 135 Powder'd fops of ladyness.
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize III. xxxiii. 214 His mother, an ancient matron, with something of the remnant of ladyness about her.
2002 Mirror (Nexis) 3 Dec. 29 Doing boy things isolated me into a weird world of geeks, cyber-freaks and lads who love lard and greyhounds. I feel the need to restore my ladyness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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