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MAIDENLINESS
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I. (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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