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old-womanish
[ ohld-woom-uh-nish ]
adjective
- Sometimes Offensive. having characteristics considered typical of an old woman, as excessive fussiness or timidity.
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- old-woman·ish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of old-womanish1
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Example Sentences
When I mention his weakness I have allusion to a bizarre old-womanish superstition which beset him.
Her stubborn old-womanish temper makes her ordinarily unjust to her best impulses and hypocritical about her worst ones.
There are tears in her voice—simple, old-womanish, grandmotherly tears.
Surely my old-womanish babbling has not upset you like this!
They may think such precautions are old womanish, but the time will come when your wisdom will be vindicated.
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