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girlism

girlism noun: girlish behavior.

Noun

girlism (countable and uncountable, plural girlisms)

  1. girlish behavior
    • I had no moments of weakness, no bed times kissings, no morning fondlings, no little rewards for good girlism; cold and stern, I tried to brace the system,...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 166
    • "I did not approve of the marriage from the first," retorted Lotty; "it is so absurd of girls to go and marry when they do not quite know their own minds, and, at all events, have not lost all their girlisms, and become reasonable women."1860, Julia Cecilia Stretton, Margaret and her bridesmaids, page 41

Forms of girlism

pluralgirlisms

Origin of girlism

From girl + -ism.

Questions about girlism

What does girlism mean?
Girlism means girlish behavior.
What part of speech is girlism?
Girlism is a noun.
What is the plural of girlism?
The plural of girlism is girlisms.

Words near girlism in the dictionary

  1. girling
  2. girlish
  3. girlishly
  4. girlishness
  5. girlishnesses
  6. girlism
  7. girlisms
  8. girlitis
  9. girlkind
  10. girlkisser
  11. girlkissers

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