old-womanish
old-womanish · more old-womanish · most old-womanish
Having the negative traits of a stereotypical elderly woman: peevish, superstitious,…Having the negative traits of a stereotypical elderly woman: peevish, superstitious, prim and proper, etc.
Meaning
1 sensesHaving the negative traits of a stereotypical elderly woman: peevish, superstitious, prim and proper, etc.
More definitions
- primly fastidious
Origin
From old woman + -ish.From old woman + -ish.
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Forms
more old-womanish, most old-womanish| Comparative | more old-womanish Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most old-womanish Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- primly fastidious:old-maidish
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.