old-maidy
/ˌəʊl(d)ˈmeɪdi/adjective
= old-maidish.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Mark Twain’ (1835–1910), author and lecturer (real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens). From old maid + -y.
- publicity release
- publicity shot
- publicity-wise
- publicization
- publicize
- public key
- public language
- public lavatory
- public law
- public lending right
- public liability
- public library
- public limited company
- publicly
- public menace
- publicness
- public nuisance
- public offer
- public offering
- public office
- public opinion
- public orator
- public ownership
- public park
- public policy