old-womanish
adjective
having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
old-womanishness
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a word derived from
old-womanish.
Example Sentences
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Man, in his turn, will be a beneficiary of this new womanliness as he has been the ready victim of the old-womanishness.
From The Women of Tomorrow by William Hard
They fancied, with the eager old-womanishness of office gossip, that he had a "secret sorrow," for, though he was pleasant enough, he kept very much to himself.
From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis
