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maiden

mai·den

UK/ˈmedən/ US/ˈmeɪdən/ fairly common literary
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.
2.

(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

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adjective

1.

serving to set in motion

  • “the magazine”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “s maiden voyage”
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Origin

From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæġden (“girl”), originally a diminutive of mæġeþ (“girl”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Equivalent to maid + -en.

Phrases

  • A-bomb maiden
  • billow maiden
  • break one's maiden
  • clothes maiden
  • comely maidens
  • faint heart never won fair maiden
  • flesh one's maiden sword
  • giant maiden
  • Hiroshima maiden
  • maiden assize
  • maiden flight
  • maiden grass

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