milady

nounverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//mɪˈleɪdi//

To address as “milady”.

noun

1
historicalAn English noblewoman or gentlewoman; the form of address to such a person; a lady.

Etymology

Partly representing a colloquial pronunciation of my + lady, partly from French milady, from English my Lady. Compare milord.

verb

1
To address as “milady”.
It may be as well to warn travellers of certain suspicious, half-genteel-looking men, speaking bad English, and Miladying every female.
With Czipra, tête-à-tête, he spoke also “per tu;” before others he miladyed her.
Within a space of twenty-four hours, I’ve gone from being “Miss Lattimar” to “Mrs Newell” to “Countess of Fensworth”. When the shopkeepers “miladyed” me this morning, I kept looking around to see which titled female had arrived.
“He thinks of himself as an old-fashioned knight. Lots of chivalry. I will get miladyed to death. He will probably try to serenade me.”[…]Prepare to be good-sirred and miladyed to death, if not by Cedric, then by his parrot.

Forms

plural: miladies
past tense: miladied, miladyed
past participle: miladied, miladyed
present participle: miladying
third person singular: miladies

Miki · A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name…mil · An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to ¹⁄₆₄₀₀…Mila · A female given name from the Slavic languages.

milady · To address as “milady”.

Milan · A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of…mild · Gentle and not easily angered mildly · In a mild manner.

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