† sororiantadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
(See quot. 1656.)
ΚΠ
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sororiant Virgin, a yong maid, whose Brests began to be embossed and round, or set out for shew.
Derivatives
sororiˈation n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] > stimulation of growth of
sororiation1658
mammogenesis1958
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Sororiation, a swelling, or becoming round, and embossed like a young Virgin's breasts.
1859 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1175/1 Sororiatio,..the equally progressing development of the mammæ in the young female: sororiation.
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