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maiden-auntishness

maiden-auntishness noun: the quality of being maiden-auntish.

Noun

maiden-auntishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being maiden-auntish.
    • I am afraid I have no use for the nice, tepid people, or that milk and water maiden-auntishness which primly reproves colour and passion.1940, Warwick Deeping, chapter 30, in The Man Who Went Back, London: Cassell, page 326

Origin of maiden-auntishness

From maiden-auntish + -ness.

Questions about maiden-auntishness

What does maiden-auntishness mean?
Maiden-auntishness means the quality of being maiden-auntish.
What part of speech is maiden-auntishness?
Maiden-auntishness is a noun.

Words near maiden-auntishness in the dictionary

  1. maiden voyages
  2. maiden's blush
  3. maiden's honesty
  4. Maiden's Tower
  5. maiden-auntish
  6. maiden-auntishness
  7. maiden-hair
  8. maiden-hairs
  9. Maidencreek
  10. maidenhair
  11. maidenhair fern

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