missish

[ mis-ish ]

adjective

1. prim; affected; prudish.

Other Words From

• missish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of missish¹

First recorded in 1785–95; miss ² + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Lil, who is mighty missish, says Tom Tit has too good taste to like such common music but I just know he will like it.

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And I was so proud of my own strength; so sure that I should never be missish, and spoony, and sentimental!

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You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.

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There was a maudlin, missish, namby-mamby sentimentality about them which disgusted her.

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But he should not leave her till he had acquitted her of the vile, missish crime of flirting with another because he was absent.

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