spinsterhood in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for spinsterhood in the English»Italian Dictionary

spinsterhood [Brit ˈspɪnstəhʊd, Am ˈspɪnstərˌhʊd] N

1. spinsterhood LAW:

spinsterhood

nubilato m

2. spinsterhood pej:

spinsterhood (status)

zitellaggio m

spinsterhood (spinsters collectively)

zitelle fpl

Translations for spinsterhood in the Italian»English Dictionary

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zitellaggio

spinsterhood

nubilato LAW

spinsterhood

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These little matters of personal attractiveness mean the difference between riches and poverty, marriage or spinsterhood, and wedded bliss or broken homes.

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I live in glorious, voluntary spinsterhood.

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She was a passionate woman, but was resigned to spinsterhood.

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Nevertheless, after overhearing an insulting remark at a party about her spinsterhood, she resolves to marry.

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The impetus behind this surge was middle-class women aware that they needed to marry by 25 or risk lifelong spinsterhood.

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Young women decided they were not willing to waste away their young lives waiting idly for spinsterhood; they were going to enjoy life.

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About 90 percent of the women had been married by the age of forty, and spinsterhood was rare.

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Six foot tall and in her own words "rather stout," as a young woman in the late 1960s she confidently expected that spinsterhood was her future.

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Condemned to a life of eternal spinsterhood?

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For a female politician to be virtuous she needs to be insulated from carnality by spinsterhood or widowhood.

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