girlism
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]girlism (countable and uncountable, plural girlisms)
- girlish behavior
- 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:
- 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,...
- 1860, Julia Cecilia Stretton, Margaret and her bridesmaids, page 41:
- "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."
- 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?