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Webster 1913 Edition


Old-maidism

Oldˊ-maid′ism

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Noun.
The condition or characteristics of an old maid.
G. Eliot.

Definition 2024


old-maidism

old-maidism

English

Noun

old-maidism (countable and uncountable, plural old-maidisms)

  1. The condition or characteristics of a spinster.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of George Eliot to this entry?)