Unwifeliness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The condition of being unwifely. uncountable
"Say to him, that I thank him heartily, and that nothing has so contributed to my present Happiness as his constant, grave, though indirect Testimony against my past Unwifeliness, never seeming to see that Aught was amiss, and ever taking it, as it were, for granted, that I was what I ought to be, thus rendering me ashamed of myself."
Example
More examples"Say to him, that I thank him heartily, and that nothing has so contributed to my present Happiness as his constant, grave, though indirect Testimony against my past Unwifeliness, never seeming to see that Aught was amiss, and ever taking it, as it were, for granted, that I was what I ought to be, thus rendering me ashamed of myself."
Etymology
From unwifely + -ness.
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