unmaidenly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unmaidenly (comparative more unmaidenly, superlative most unmaidenly)
- Not maidenly.
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- The wanton gesticulations of a virgin in a wild assembly of gallants warmed with wine, could be no other than riggish, and unmaidenly.