| 释义 |
unˈmaidenly, a.
(un-1 7.)
1634Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. iv, [These] wanton gesticulations of a virgin..could be no other than riggish and unmaidenly. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxv, Such tokens of intimacy..are uncomely and unmaidenly. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton xv, The whisperings of her womanly nature..caused her to shrink from any unmaidenly action. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xxxii, At least do not put your character in question by going in this unmaidenly fashion.
Hence unˈmaidenliness.
1874Fortn. Rev. Feb. 239 What the poet thinks of the unmaidenliness of Lynette. 1879Meredith Egoist xxi, You, father! you have driven me to unmaidenliness. |