- old-maidish
- 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. 2000.
old-maidish
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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
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 — 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 — 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-womanish — old wom an*ish, a. Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old maidish. {Old wom an*ish*ness}, n. Syn: fussy, old maidish. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Old-womanishness — old womanish old wom an*ish, a. Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old maidish. {Old wom an*ish*ness}, n. Syn: fussy, old maidish. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
old maid — noun count 1. ) an insulting word for an older woman who has not been married and is unlikely to get married 2. ) INFORMAL someone who has old fashioned opinions and is too worried about small details ╾ ,old maidish adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
