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MAIDENLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maidenliness mean? 

MAIDENLINESS (noun)
  The noun MAIDENLINESS has 1 sense:

1. behavior befitting a young maidenplay

  Familiarity information: MAIDENLINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAIDENLINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Behavior befitting a young maiden

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("maidenliness" is a kind of...):

femininity; muliebrity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women)

Derivation:

maidenly (befitting or characteristic of a maiden)


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