unduchessv.
(un- prefix2 1d(b).)
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unduchess1819
1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 239 How it would mortify my pride if I was, at a future period, to be un-Duchessed!
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unˈduchessed adj.
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unduchessed1887
1887 R. Browning D. Bartoli in Parleyings xiv That a fervid youth..loved, as boyhood can, The unduchessed lady.
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