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单词 old-maidishness
释义

old maid

noun

1
: spinster sense 3
2
: a prim fussy person
he was a real old maid about burning rubbish R. C. Ruark
3
: a simple card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the unmatched card at the end loses
old-maidish
ˈōl(d)-ˈmā-dish How to pronounce old maid (audio)
adjective
old-maidishness
ˈōl(d)-ˈmā-dish-nəs How to pronounce old maid (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25.
Recent Examples on the Web An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran). Katie Rife, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022 Higgins also noted that Mary’s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world. Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2021 As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid, MacDougall starts to laugh, too. cleveland, 8 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

old maid

noun

1
: an elderly unmarried woman
2
: a very neat fussy person
3
: a card game in which cards are matched in pairs and the player holding the extra queen at the end loses

old-maidishness

noun

as in priggery

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • priggery
  • Comstockery
  • primness
  • priggishness
  • morality
  • nice-nellyism
  • puritanism
  • prudishness
  • moralism
  • virtue
  • prudery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lechery
  • pruriency
  • prurience
  • libertarianism
  • libertinism
  • libertinage
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