bachelorismn.
/ˈbatʃɪləˌrɪz(ə)m/ 1. A habit or peculiarity of a bachelor.
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1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 145 His character—fertile in..bachelorisms.
1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn I. Introd. Epist. 2 Chiding me roundly for certain waxing bachelorisms.
2. The condition of being a bachelor; the behaviour, conduct, or nature characteristic of this. Also old bachelorism.
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bachelorshipa1616
bachelorhood1826
old bachelorism1834
wifelessness1835
1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 35 769 Bound in the triple steel of resolute bachelorism.
1838 New Monthly Mag. 54 442 This omission may be looked upon as by no means characteristic of old bachelorism.
1857 J. Aiton Man. Domest. Econ. 83 A prim correct sort of bachelorism.
1884 American 8 236 The oddest theory of voluntary old bachelorism.
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