missish

[ mis-ish ]

/ ˈmɪs ɪʃ /

adjective

prim; affected; prudish.

Origin of missish

First recorded in 1785–95; miss² + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM missish

miss·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby missish

missionize, mission specialist, mission statement, Mission Viejo, missis, missish, Mississauga, Mississippi, Mississippian, Mississippi River, Mississippi Sound

Example sentences from the Web for missish

La jeune fille, bien élevèe, in France is so missish and afraid to speak out to a man.
Molly Brown's Orchard Home|Nell Speed
But it seemed stiff and "missish" to refuse—she must do now as his world did.
Beyond|John Galsworthy
There was a maudlin, missish, namby-mamby sentimentality about them which disgusted her.
The Last Chronicle of Barset|Anthony Trollope
You are not going to be missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.
Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen

You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.
Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen

单词	missish
释义	missish [ mis-ish ] / ˈmɪs ɪʃ / adjective prim; affected; prudish. Origin of missish First recorded in 1785–95; miss² + -ish¹ OTHER WORDS FROM missish miss·ish·ness, noun Words nearby missish missionize, mission specialist, mission statement, Mission Viejo, missis, missish, Mississauga, Mississippi, Mississippian, Mississippi River, Mississippi Sound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for missish La jeune fille, bien élevèe, in France is so missish and afraid to speak out to a man. Molly Brown's Orchard Home\|Nell Speed But it seemed stiff and "missish" to refuse—she must do now as his world did. Beyond\|John Galsworthy There was a maudlin, missish, namby-mamby sentimentality about them which disgusted her. The Last Chronicle of Barset\|Anthony Trollope You are not going to be missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report. Pride and Prejudice\|Jane Austen You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report. Pride and Prejudice\|Jane Austen
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