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matronism

noun

Etymology

From matron + -ism.

  1. derived from mātrōna
  2. derived from matrone
  3. inherited from matrone
  4. suffixed as matronism — “matron + ism”

Definitions

  1. matronhood

    • To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA