Touch-me-not-ishness

Synonyms for "touch-me-not-ishness" (2 found)

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The young ladies were pretty, their manners winning, their dispositions unexceptionable; but there was a dignity in the air, a touch-me-not-ish-ness in the walk, a majesty in the eye of the spinster aunt, to which, at their time of life they could lay no claim, which distinguished her from any female on whom Mr. Tupman had ever gazed.

Source: wiktionary

The consequence of this training persisted in for a series of years without the least deviation enables the serene olympian to mount the witness stand with the perfect composure and touch-me-not-ish-ness that belongs to the elect.

Source: wiktionary

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