- maidish
- maid·ish
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maidish
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maidish — … Useful english dictionary
old-maidish — old maid ish, a. Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular; overly fastidious. Syn: fussy, old womanish. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
old-maidish — adjective see old maid … New Collegiate Dictionary
old-maidish — /ohld may dish/, adj. characteristic of or resembling an old maid. [1750 60] * * * … Universalium
old-maidish — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idiom: prim and proper. See PLAIN … English dictionary for students
old maidish — adj. old womanish, similar to an old maid; primly hard to please … English contemporary dictionary
old-maidish — of an old maid, like an old unmarried woman … English contemporary dictionary
old-maidish — /oʊld ˈmeɪdɪʃ/ (say ohld maydish) adjective lacking a broad minded approach that comes from experience; prim. {old maid + ish1} –old maidishly, adverb –old maidishness, noun …
old-maidish — adjective primly fastidious • Syn: ↑old womanish • Similar to: ↑fastidious * * * /ohld may dish/, adj. characteristic of or resembling an old maid. [1750 60] * * * old maidˈish adjective Like the conventional old maid, prim … Useful english dictionary
maid — maidish, adj. maidishness, n. /mayd/, n. 1. a female servant. 2. a girl or young unmarried woman. 3. Archaic. a virgin. [1150 1200; ME; apocopated var. of MAIDEN] * * * … Universalium
