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maiden-auntish

maiden-auntish adjective: having stereotypical characteristics of an elderly unmarried aunt; straight-laced, old-fashioned, etc.

Adjective

maiden-auntish (comparative more maiden-auntish, superlative most maiden-auntish)

  1. Having stereotypical characteristics of an elderly unmarried aunt; straight-laced, old-fashioned, etc.
    • […] the literary world […] is a world so prissy, maiden-auntish; so class-bound;1962, Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook, New York: Bantam, published 1979, page 154
    • The smell was of camphor, maiden-auntish:2009, Sarah Waters, chapter 9, in The Little Stranger, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, page 293

Forms of maiden-auntish

comparativemore maiden-auntish
superlativemost maiden-auntish

Origin of maiden-auntish

From maiden aunt + -ish.

Words formed from maiden-auntish

Questions about maiden-auntish

What does maiden-auntish mean?
Maiden-auntish means having stereotypical characteristics of an elderly unmarried aunt; straight-laced, old-fashioned, etc.
What part of speech is maiden-auntish?
Maiden-auntish is an adjective.

Words near maiden-auntish in the dictionary

  1. maiden voyage
  2. maiden voyages
  3. maiden's blush
  4. maiden's honesty
  5. Maiden's Tower
  6. maiden-auntish
  7. maiden-auntishness
  8. maiden-hair
  9. maiden-hairs
  10. Maidencreek
  11. maidenhair

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