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Madonnaish

Madonnaish adjective: like a Madonna.

Adjective

Madonnaish (comparative more Madonnaish, superlative most Madonnaish)

  1. Like a Madonna.
    • She is too Madonnaish in one way, too languishing and sentimental in another: […]1891 October 24, The Athenæum: Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama, number 3339, London: […] John C. Francis, […] , page 547, column 1
    • “Raise the hands, Miss Cherrell. No! Too Madonnaish. We must think of the devil in the hair. The eyes to me, full.”1931, John Galsworthy, Maid in Waiting, London: William Heinemann Ltd., page 348

Forms of Madonnaish

comparativemore Madonnaish
superlativemost Madonnaish

Origin of Madonnaish

From Madonna + -ish. Piecewise doublet of Madonnaesque.

Questions about Madonnaish

What does Madonnaish mean?
Madonnaish means like a Madonna.
What part of speech is Madonnaish?
Madonnaish is an adjective.

Words near Madonnaish in the dictionary

  1. Madonna/whore complexes
  2. Madonnabe
  3. Madonnabes
  4. Madonnaesque
  5. Madonnahood
  6. Madonnaish
  7. madonnalike
  8. Madonnamania
  9. madonnas
  10. Madonnawise
  11. madoqua

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