4. Applied to a girl or a woman.
a. A young unmarried woman; a girl, esp. a schoolgirl, or one who has recently left school. Freq. used contemptuously (often qualified by little) with implication of silliness or sentimentality.
1668 DRYDEN Secret-love II. iii. 15 Oh, my miss in a Masque! have you found your tongue? 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew, Miss,..a little Girl. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6), Miss, a Title given to a young Gentlewoman. 1715 J. GAY Epist. Earl Burlington 75 Three boarding-schools well stock'd with misses. 1750 JOHNSON Rambler No. 85. 12 A knot of misses busy at their needles. 1796 C. LAMB Let. 28 Oct. (1935) I. 51 To fall out like boarding-school misses. 1802 E. PARSONS Myst. Visit II. 172 Very unlike a novel-reading Miss. 1818 KEATS Lett. (1958) II. 13 She is a downright Miss without one set offwe hated her. 1848 THACKERAY Vanity Fair lxi. 555 An unwholesome little Miss of seven years of age. 1859 J. OGDEN Sci. of Educ. 427 The most of the following exercises are arranged for a class of sixteen... In forming for practice, the misses are always arranged in a circle. 1880 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Aug. (advt.) The Maples.A Family School for Young Ladies and Misses. 1885 Spectator 30 May 706/1 Happiest when under the tyranny of some small miss of two or three. 1937 M. ALLINGHAM Dancers in Mourning xi. 158 A sulky little miss if ever I saw one. a1944 A. LEWIS in G. Jones & I. F. Elis Twenty-Five Welsh Short Stories (1971) 125 One afternoon a young unsophisticated English Miss in a fresh little frock and long hair. 1993 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 8 Apr. B4/1 The demure Victorian miss, tightly laced into her ball gown, perches daintily on her chair.
b. A woman entitled to be addressed as ‘Miss ’.
1840 T. HOOD Miss Kilmansegg III, in New Monthly Mag. 60 401 The Bride, who came from her coach a Miss, As a Countess walk'd to her carriage. 1887 G. R. SIMS Mary Jane's Mem. 6 Don't ma'am meI'm a miss. 1980 H. ENGEL Suicide Murders (1984) vi. 50 Call me Miss Tracy. I'm a Miss not a Ms. I'm not one of those women's libbers.
c. Chiefly N. Amer. With reference to sizes or styles of articles of clothing: (originally) a girl of from about 10 to 17 years of age; (now also) a well-proportioned woman of slightly above average height. Also in pl.: garments or garment sizes suitable for a girl of this age or woman of this build.
1880 in Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 20 A Misses' bathing costume. The pattern..is in 6 sizes for misses from 10 to 15 years of age. 1892-3 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall-Winter 11/1 In misses' and small women's coats, we are still unexcelled. 1930 E. WALLACE Lady of Ascot viii. 67 She catered for what they call in America the ‘Miss’, and had as her principal clients thousands of working girls, who, through the Carawood stores, were able to dress fashionably. 1951 Vogue Feb. 94/1 We pass through the Baby Linen on our way to the Misses. 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. 9 (advt.) Misses' nationally famous Separates. Coordinated sets. 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. 9 (advt.) Every winter coat for misses, juniors, women reduced Monday only.
a. A young unmarried woman; a girl, esp. a schoolgirl, or one who has recently left school. Freq. used contemptuously (often qualified by little) with implication of silliness or sentimentality.
1668 DRYDEN Secret-love II. iii. 15 Oh, my miss in a Masque! have you found your tongue? 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew, Miss,..a little Girl. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6), Miss, a Title given to a young Gentlewoman. 1715 J. GAY Epist. Earl Burlington 75 Three boarding-schools well stock'd with misses. 1750 JOHNSON Rambler No. 85. 12 A knot of misses busy at their needles. 1796 C. LAMB Let. 28 Oct. (1935) I. 51 To fall out like boarding-school misses. 1802 E. PARSONS Myst. Visit II. 172 Very unlike a novel-reading Miss. 1818 KEATS Lett. (1958) II. 13 She is a downright Miss without one set offwe hated her. 1848 THACKERAY Vanity Fair lxi. 555 An unwholesome little Miss of seven years of age. 1859 J. OGDEN Sci. of Educ. 427 The most of the following exercises are arranged for a class of sixteen... In forming for practice, the misses are always arranged in a circle. 1880 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Aug. (advt.) The Maples.A Family School for Young Ladies and Misses. 1885 Spectator 30 May 706/1 Happiest when under the tyranny of some small miss of two or three. 1937 M. ALLINGHAM Dancers in Mourning xi. 158 A sulky little miss if ever I saw one. a1944 A. LEWIS in G. Jones & I. F. Elis Twenty-Five Welsh Short Stories (1971) 125 One afternoon a young unsophisticated English Miss in a fresh little frock and long hair. 1993 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 8 Apr. B4/1 The demure Victorian miss, tightly laced into her ball gown, perches daintily on her chair.
b. A woman entitled to be addressed as ‘Miss ’.
1840 T. HOOD Miss Kilmansegg III, in New Monthly Mag. 60 401 The Bride, who came from her coach a Miss, As a Countess walk'd to her carriage. 1887 G. R. SIMS Mary Jane's Mem. 6 Don't ma'am meI'm a miss. 1980 H. ENGEL Suicide Murders (1984) vi. 50 Call me Miss Tracy. I'm a Miss not a Ms. I'm not one of those women's libbers.
c. Chiefly N. Amer. With reference to sizes or styles of articles of clothing: (originally) a girl of from about 10 to 17 years of age; (now also) a well-proportioned woman of slightly above average height. Also in pl.: garments or garment sizes suitable for a girl of this age or woman of this build.
1880 in Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 20 A Misses' bathing costume. The pattern..is in 6 sizes for misses from 10 to 15 years of age. 1892-3 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall-Winter 11/1 In misses' and small women's coats, we are still unexcelled. 1930 E. WALLACE Lady of Ascot viii. 67 She catered for what they call in America the ‘Miss’, and had as her principal clients thousands of working girls, who, through the Carawood stores, were able to dress fashionably. 1951 Vogue Feb. 94/1 We pass through the Baby Linen on our way to the Misses. 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. 9 (advt.) Misses' nationally famous Separates. Coordinated sets. 1973 Philadelphia Inquirer 7 Oct. 9 (advt.) Every winter coat for misses, juniors, women reduced Monday only.
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