† Miss Mollyismn.
Obsolete.
Effeminacy. Cf. Miss Nancyism n.
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effeminateness1558
effeminacy1571
gingerliness1583
mollitude1599
mollities1604
invirility1628
femality?1643
womanlishness1648
feminity1669
ladyness1671
Miss Mollyism1834
femininity1855
Miss Nancyism1860
sissiness1892
camp1909
sissification1910
camping1922
lavender1929
1834 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 36 843 It would be sad..if John Bull were to be emasculated by Miss-Mollyism.
1880 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 252 440 The doctrines of effeminitism, the doctrines of what I might call Miss Mollyism,..are unworthy of our consideration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1834- to bend over
- to bend the brows
- to bend the cable
- to bend the elbow
- to bend the head or face
- to bend the rules
- to bend to one's bow
- to bend, bow, drop, fold, put the knee
- to bring the cable to the capstan
- to bring their heads together
- to bring through
- to bring till even
- to bring to
- to bring to a bearing
- to bring to a focus
- to bring to a head
- to bring to a morsel
- to bring to a proof
- to bring to a standstill
- to bring to an end
- to bring to an issue
- to bring to bear
- to bring to bed, abed
- to bring to book
- to bring to cloth