Wifeliness


Wifeliness

See also Domesticity.AmoretSir Scudamore’s wife; loving and ever-devoted. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]Arundhatiexample of the ideal Hindu wife. [Hindu Legend: Benét, 56]Billy Boyquestion-and-answer ballad pointing up merits of possible bride. [Br. and Am. Folklore: Leach, 139]Marthapersonification of the busy housekeeper. [N.T.: Luke 10:39]Penelopea model of wifely virtue. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]