matronism

English

Etymology

matron +‎ -ism

Noun

matronism (uncountable)

(archaic) matronhood
- 1854, The Keepsake
  To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism […]

Anagrams

marmitons, mortmains

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