ice maiden
A woman who comes from a frozen climate.
maiden
/ˈmeɪdən/
noun 6adj 5name 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
beautiful, established, high, little, lovely, near, old, pretty
VERB + MAIDEN
called, gather, give, sank, sunk, using
MAIDEN + NOUN
azure, bepaint, blush, crone, hair, hame, lady, leo
PREP.
in, on, on, out, with, with
Definitions
noun
1
A girl or an unmarried young woman.
2
A female virgin.
She's unmarried and still a maiden.
3
A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
As for that ſaid ſire Bors I wille be ſhryuen with a good wylle / Soo ſyr Bors was confeſſyd / and for al wymmen ſir Bors was a vyrgyne / ſauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and ſauf for her ſyre Bors was a clene mayden[…]
4
A maidservant.
5
A clothes maiden.
adj
1
Virgin.
a surprising old maiden lady
It was just the middle of October when I moved in with my maiden sister […]
2
Without offspring.
3
Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
Haue you no modeſty, no maiden ſhame, / No touch of baſhfulneſſe?
4
Being a first occurrence or event.
1975 was the year when West Indies won their maiden World Cup title.
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
5
Being an over in which no runs are scored.
He bowled a record twelve maiden overs in his spell of 8-33 in 21 overs.
noun
1
One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman
[…] different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
adjective — serving to set in motion
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
flesh one's maiden sword
To experience or succeed in combat or struggle for the first time, as in the military or in politics.
Come brother Iohn, full brauely hast thou flesht / Thy mayden sword.
Example Bank
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She's unmarried and still a maiden.
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As for that ſaid ſire Bors I wille be ſhryuen with a good wylle / Soo ſyr Bors was confeſſyd / and for al wymmen ſir Bors was a vyrgyne / ſauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and
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It had been customary during the whole civil war, to decapitate state criminals by the instrument called the maiden; but Montrose was condemned to a more ignominious death , by a gibbet thirty feet hi
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a surprising old maiden lady
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It was just the middle of October when I moved in with my maiden sister […]
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Haue you no modeſty, no maiden ſhame, / No touch of baſhfulneſſe?
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, maiden is marked as literary, archaic, obsolete, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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