old-maid|ish
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old-maid — old maid·ish·ness; old maid·ish·ly; … English syllables
old maid — old′ maid′ n. 1) off usu. disp. an elderly or confirmed spinster 2) a fussy, timid, prudish person 3) gam a simple card game, played with a deck having one card removed, in which players match pairs, the loser being the holder of the odd card,… … From formal English to slang
old-maidishly — old maid·ish·ly … English syllables
ish — ish·er·wood; ish·kash·mi; ish·kyl·dite; ish·ma·el; ish·ma·el·ite; ish·ma·el·it·ish; ish·ma·el·it·ish; is·land·ish; ivory tower·ish; jad·ish; jew·ish·ness; jin·go·ish; kent·ish; kent·ish·man; kick·ish; kit·ten·ish; knav·ish; knav·ish·ly;… … English syllables
old-maidish — old maid ish, a. Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular; overly fastidious. Syn: fussy, old womanish. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
old-maidishness — old maid·ish·ness … English syllables
old-maidish — adjective primly fastidious • Syn: ↑old womanish • Similar to: ↑fastidious * * * /ohld may dish/, adj. characteristic of or resembling an old maid. [1750 60] * * * old maidˈish adjective Like the conventional old maid, prim … Useful english dictionary
squeam´ish|ness — squeam|ish «SKWEE mihsh», adjective. 1. too proper, modest, or decent; easily shocked; prudish: »a squeamish old maid. 2. excessively fastidious or punctilious; too particular; too scrupulous: »Trifles magnified into importance by a squeamish… … Useful english dictionary
squeam´ish|ly — squeam|ish «SKWEE mihsh», adjective. 1. too proper, modest, or decent; easily shocked; prudish: »a squeamish old maid. 2. excessively fastidious or punctilious; too particular; too scrupulous: »Trifles magnified into importance by a squeamish… … Useful english dictionary
squeam|ish — «SKWEE mihsh», adjective. 1. too proper, modest, or decent; easily shocked; prudish: »a squeamish old maid. 2. excessively fastidious or punctilious; too particular; too scrupulous: »Trifles magnified into importance by a squeamish conscience… … Useful english dictionary
