old-womanishnessn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d)ˈwʊmənᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d)ˈwʊmənɪʃnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old-womanish adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < old-womanish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier old-womanliness n.

Behaviour or attitudes supposedly characteristic of an old woman, esp. fussiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > state of being

anility1623

beldamship1633

anileness1727

tabbyhood1797

old-wifery1827

old womanism1828

old-womanry1828

old-womanliness1877

old-ladyhood1888

old-womanishness1914

1914 R. C. Cabot What Men work By iii. xxi. 178 This is no more shocking than masculinity in women, effeminacy or ‘old-womanishness’ in men.

1977 Listener 28 Apr. 535/2 His mother's..puritanism and old-womanishness..seemed to hover over Owen's editorial shoulder.

1994 Times (Nexis) 9 July There is inevitable Jamesian old womanishness: ramblings about tea baskets and ‘light potations’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old-womanishness
释义	old-womanishnessn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d)ˈwʊmənᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d)ˈwʊmənɪʃnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old-womanish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < old-womanish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier old-womanliness n. Behaviour or attitudes supposedly characteristic of an old woman, esp. fussiness. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old woman > [noun] > state of being anility1623 beldamship1633 anileness1727 tabbyhood1797 old-wifery1827 old womanism1828 old-womanry1828 old-womanliness1877 old-ladyhood1888 old-womanishness1914 1914 R. C. Cabot What Men work By iii. xxi. 178 This is no more shocking than masculinity in women, effeminacy or ‘old-womanishness’ in men. 1977 Listener 28 Apr. 535/2 His mother's..puritanism and old-womanishness..seemed to hover over Owen's editorial shoulder. 1994 Times (Nexis) 9 July There is inevitable Jamesian old womanishness: ramblings about tea baskets and ‘light potations’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914
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