When somone is referred to as a "Fair Maiden" is it because she is comely or jududiscious, or can it be both?

Question

When somone is referred to as a "Fair Maiden" is it because she is comely or jududiscious, or can it be both?

Answer 1

Comely is more likely, though it is often neither of the two; it could also mean possessing fair colouring.

My name (Fiona) actually translates from Gaelic as "the fair one", and most historians believe it is a description of complexion ... though I like to believe it is of beauty ... :)

Answer 2

because she is beautiful

Answer 3

A fair maiden is a pretty girl

Answer 4

She's fair-skinned and virtuous.

Answer 5

Maiden meant virgin in those days.

Answer 6

I would have answered you, but English was not my mother language...Anyway, no dictionary tells me what "jududiscious" means. I think "Fair Maiden" is pure beauty, and it can be judicious as well, if you meant that.

Answer 7

It means she is beautiful. A "fair maiden" can perfectly well be wicked.

BTW, the name "Fiona" was invented by a 19th-century writer called William Sharp. He presumably meant it to be a form of the Gaelic word "fionn" meaning "white", but it's not actually a genuine Gaelic name.

Answer 8

It's referring to her looks.