missish
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Such expressions as "young ladyish" and "missish" have far less meaning now than they used to have; for girls of all classes are more sensible, strong, and courageous, than they were at one time.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva
Nora considered Milla insignificant, egotistic, cold, prim, missish; Milla considered Nora--no, Milla did not consider Nora anything, she let her friends talk and she listened.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne
You are not going to be missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.
From Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane
In Lawrence Hyde's society her conversation had not its usual happy flow, she felt tonguetied and missish.
From Nightfall by Pryde, Anthony
But he should not leave her till he had acquitted her of the vile, missish crime of flirting with another because he was absent.
From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony
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