maiden-auntishness

English

Etymology

From maiden-auntish +‎ -ness.

Noun

maiden-auntishness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being maiden-auntish.
   • 1940, Warwick Deeping, chapter 30, in The Man Who Went Back‎^[1], London: Cassell, page 326:

     I am afraid I have no use for the nice, tepid people, or that milk and water maiden-auntishness which primly reproves colour and passion.