What is delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. Dryden called?
ladylike — Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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