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unmaidenly /ʌnˈmeɪd(ə)nli /adjectiveNot befitting or characteristic of a young, sexually inexperienced woman: good, if she is shocked by my unmaidenly behaviour, she will not inquire too deeply into my motives...- Claudio cruelly accused his wife-to-be of unmaidenly behaviour, leaving her fainting at the altar.
- Callisto was at the same time flattered and perplexed; still more disconcerted when the pseudo-Diana interrupted her girlish chatter with unmaidenly kisses and embraces.
- Pehlya clasped a hand over her mouth to hold back a very unmaidenly oath.
Derivativesunmaidenliness noun ...- He guessed that she loved him and he pitied her; but he could not forgive her unmaidenliness, he could not love her.
- You, father! you have driven me to unmaidenliness!
- ‘Whence this unmaidenliness?’ I queried, with due horror.
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