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ˈnun-like, adv. and a.
[f. nun n.1]
A. adv. After the fashion of a nun.
1589[see nun n.1 2 a]. 1755in Dodsley Coll. Poems III. 275 She..Most nun-like mourns.
B. adj. Resembling (that of) a nun.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Nonnette, She seemes to weare a Nunne⁓like fillet about her head. 1626Purchas Pilgrimage v. i. (ed. 4) 480 The like was done by their Nun-like women.
1865Allingham 50 Mod. Poems, Southwell Park ii. 118 The well-fended nunlike child. 1870M. Bridgman R. Lynne II. xii. 255 The usual nunlike simplicity of her dress. |