missish
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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.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
But she could not have spoken with missish rapture of her coming happiness; nor could she, to any ears, have laid bare the secrets of her bosom.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
In Miss Broughton's determination not to be mawkish and missish, she has made her ladies do and say things which ladies would not do and say.
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope
Verschoyle in his simplicity had seen the metropolis as consisting of purposeful mammas and missish daughters bearing down upon him from all sides.
From Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists by Gilbert Cannan
Then I read it over, and it did sound "missish" and silly.
From Red Hair by Elinor Glyn
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