maiden-auntishness

noun

The quality of being maiden-auntish.

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Meanings

nounmaiden-auntishness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

From maiden-auntish + -ness.

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maiden-auntishness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maiden-auntishness

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“maiden-auntishness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maiden-auntishness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maiden-auntishness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maiden-auntishness.

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