inner woman

British  

noun

1. a woman's mind, soul, or nature

2. humorous the stomach or appetite

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Example Sentences

"Ma'áni-há," lit. her meanings, i.e. her inner woman opposed to the formal-seen by every one.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

There was something in the very sounds of such words which was appalling to the inner woman.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony

It puzzled me then, but I know now, that there was undoubtedly some sudden soul shock, some prophetic apprehension, which my inner woman trembled before, and which my physical woman could only interpret by tears.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

All that splendid faith, which is exactly to the inner woman what courage is to the physical woman, had slipped away from me.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Ah! her manner—it concealed the inner woman so as to leave doubt of her existence!

From The Island Pharisees by Galsworthy, John