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girlism en · NOUN

Etymology

From girl + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) girlish behavior
   • October 30 1788, Anna Seward, letter to Rev. Dr. Gregory Ah! my friend, can I learn to think these thrilling recollections the prejudices of girlism, and the echo of other people's opinions?
   • "I did not approve of the marriage from the first," retorted Lotty; "it is so absurd of girls to go and marry when they do not quite know their own minds, and, at all events, have not lost all their girlisms, and become reasonable women." 1860, Julia Cecilia Stretton, Margaret and her bridesmaids, page 41:
   • I had no moments of weakness, no bed times kissings, no morning fondlings, no little rewards for good girlism; cold and stern, I tried to brace the system,... 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 166:

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Relateds

schoolgirlism