maidlike en · ADJ
Etymology
From maid + -like.
Meanings
- (archaic, poetic) maidenly
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Resembling or characteristic of a maid (female domestic servant).
Somehow his maidlike service to her collapsed what she was building up, psychologically.
1978, Marc Edmund Jones, Man, magic, and fantasy: the domestication of imagination:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more maidlike | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most maidlike | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |