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spinsterism

noun

Etymology

From spinster + -ism.

  1. inherited from spynnestere — “woman who spins fibre”
  2. suffixed as spinsterism — “spinster + ism”

Definitions

  1. The state of a woman who is a spinster, i.e. unwed.

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