maidenlinessn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪdnlɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪdnlinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s maindenlines (perhaps transmission error), 1500s–1600s maidenlinesse, 1700s– maidenliness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maidenly adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < maidenly adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being maidenly; the behaviour or demeanour proper to a maiden.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun]

maidenhoodOE

maidhooda1200

flowera1300

maidenheada1325

maidheada1393

virginitya1400

virgintyc1400

virginality?c1450

maidenliness1555

virginhead1605

virginhood1636

virgin1649

vestalship1893

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > sense of shame or decency > appropriate to a maiden

maidenliness1555

maidenism1825

1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. X.j^v Any man of a shamefaced maindenlines [sic].

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. 42 Silence is ignorance, modesty is too much maidenlinesse.

1617 F. Holyoake Dictionarium Etymologicum in Riders Dict. (new ed.) sig. Ffff^v Virginalitas, maidenlinesse.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Virginality Maidenliness.

1868 E. B. Pusey Serm. Pharisaism 13 Those who used to furnish our ideal of maidenliness and purity.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. x. 193 That fair childish maidenliness had ceased.

1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 88 ‘Oh, Jim, love, take ees coat,’ and [she] made as if to give it to him, but remembered just in time her maidenliness.

1983 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. iii. 1/1 Mademoiselle [sc. a women's magazine]..has flung maidenliness to the wind, adopting red-hot graphics and words.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maidenliness
释义	maidenlinessn. Brit. /ˈmeɪdnlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmeɪdnlinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s maindenlines (perhaps transmission error), 1500s–1600s maidenlinesse, 1700s– maidenliness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maidenly adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < maidenly adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being maidenly; the behaviour or demeanour proper to a maiden. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [noun] maidenhoodOE maidhooda1200 flowera1300 maidenheada1325 maidheada1393 virginitya1400 virgintyc1400 virginality?c1450 maidenliness1555 virginhead1605 virginhood1636 virgin1649 vestalship1893 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [noun] > sense of shame or decency > appropriate to a maiden maidenliness1555 maidenism1825 1555 W. Waterman tr. Josephus in tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. X.j^v Any man of a shamefaced maindenlines [sic]. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. 42 Silence is ignorance, modesty is too much maidenlinesse. 1617 F. Holyoake Dictionarium Etymologicum in Riders Dict. (new ed.) sig. Ffff^v Virginalitas, maidenlinesse. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Virginality Maidenliness. 1868 E. B. Pusey Serm. Pharisaism 13 Those who used to furnish our ideal of maidenliness and purity. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. x. 193 That fair childish maidenliness had ceased. 1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years 88 ‘Oh, Jim, love, take ees coat,’ and [she] made as if to give it to him, but remembered just in time her maidenliness. 1983 N.Y. Times 6 Feb. iii. 1/1 Mademoiselle [sc. a women's magazine]..has flung maidenliness to the wind, adopting red-hot graphics and words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1555
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