LADY

Formerly "lady" bespoke quiet dignity, grace, charm, mental spiritual acuity. Now that "lady" has been displaced by "woman," in the post-women's liberation lexicon, the old notion of "lady" has been abased to the point that properly-raised females, who yet act as, and deign to deem themselves to be, "ladies" of old, are hardly recognizable under the garish vestments of women.