inner woman

British  

noun

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

2. humorous the stomach or appetite

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inner woman

The eyes, deep, dark, and mystical gave no clue to the inner woman; but the mouth, while it was tender in its curves, had a rigidity of purpose in its expression that fixed the attention.

From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

"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

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

At least such reticence to self is often sincerely and plausibly asserted by the very inner woman.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

Yet it was the revealing of the inner woman, rather than the withering of the exterior, which betrayed her years. 

From An Ambitious Man by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler