prevcyance

Updated: May 7, 2025

That her tact should be even readier, her sympathies even tenderer, her instinct even finer than those of the man, seems only fit and natural. In her politeness, prevcyance, and all the minor observances of etiquette, are absolutely indispensable.

Sarah Annie Frost - Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society: A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages: in America, containing plain and reliable directions for: deportment in every situation in life.