LADY
ADJECTIVES
1400 ► LADYLY befitting or characteristic of a lady; ladylike → obs.
1602 ► LADYFIED having the airs of a fine lady
1628 ► LADIED lady-like; soft, gentle → obs.
1810 ► LADY ladylike, fit for a lady → Sc.
1881 ► MADAMISH like a ‘fine lady’
ADVERBS
1450 ► LADYLY in a manner befitting a lady → obs.
NOUNS
1390 ► LADYHEAD the condition of a being a lady; rank as a lady→ obs.
1823 ► LADYNESS gentility, ladylikeness → Sc.
1829 ► LADYKIND the lady or female portion of a party; also: a woman
NOUNS, PERSON
1225 ► BURD woman, lady; later, chiefly a young lady, a maiden → obs., poetic usage
1390 ► GAY a gay lady; one who is loved, a sweetheart; a noble or beautiful lady; also, of a man: a gallant → obs.
1393 ► DUCHESS Lady (feminine of ‘lord) → obs.
1393 ► YOUNG LADY a lady who is young; a young woman, usually unmarried, or a girl, of superior social position; formerly often used to connote the artificiality, primness, sentimentality, etc. attributed to young ladies
1520 ► DEMOISELLE a young lady, a maid, a girl
1530 ► DAME the wife or daughter of a lord; a woman of rank, a lady → now hist. or poetic
1567 ► GENTRY MORT a noble woman, or a gentlewoman; a lady → sl.
1587 ► FROW a woman, a lady; chiefly said of Dutch or German women
1589 ► YOUNG FROW → YUFFROUW → YUNGFRAU a young lady, a girl
1598 ► MADAM a fine lady; an affected fine lady
1634 ► BEEGUM → BEGUM a begum; a queen, princess, or lady of high rank → Anglo-Indian
1634 ► BEGGOON a begum; a queen, princess, or lady of high rank → Anglo-Indian
1702 ► YOUNG LADYSHIP a title of respect given to a young lady, esp. one of noble rank; also, a woman who is addressed as ‘your young ladyship’ → chiefly arch.
1816 ► BEEBEE → BEBEE a lady → Anglo-Indian
1825 ► BEIRD a lady, a damsel → Sc.
1839 ► SHICKSTER a woman, a lady, a female → sl.
1849 ► MISTRESS a lady → Ireland
1853 ► LADYKIN a little lady; sometimes used as a term of endearment
1855 ► LADYLING a little lady
1859 ► OLD MARK a lady → criminals’ sl.
1860 ► BABA in the East Indies, a lady (Bk.)
1863 ► LADY-BAIRN a female child of social rank; one born to be a lady → Sc.
1880 ► BIERD a lady → obs. (Bk.)
1887 ► LADY-SITTER a lady who allows herself to be appraised and painted → Brit. painters’ sl.
1892 ► MISSY BABA a young lady → Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
1920 ► GIG a young lady → Aust. sl.
1921 ► BIBI a lady, esp. in South Asia
1930 ► LEDDY BODY a ladylike person → Sc.
1936 ► RYE MORT a lady → sl.
1975 ► HEAVER a woman or young lady → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1905 ► MANTLE to ape the fine lady; to go about angrily → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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