Miss Austenish
Miss Austenish adjective: synonym of Austenish.
Adjective
Miss Austenish (comparative more Miss Austenish, superlative most Miss Austenish)
- Synonym of Austenish.
- How Miss Austenish it sounded: the managing rector’s wife, her still more managing old maid of a sister, the neighbouring clergyman who played the flute, the local doctor, and a pretty daughter just out—[…]1888, Mrs. Humphry Ward [i.e., Mary Augusta Ward], “Westmoreland”, in Robert Elsmere, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., chapter II, page 24
- Her cousin has all the odds in his favor, except that she is not in love with him; but then she is so sensible and so Miss-Austenish that that seems a small obstacle.1890 September 13, “Misadventure. A Novel. By W. E. Norris, […]. Armorel of Lyonesse. A Romance of To-Day. By Walter Besant, […].”, in The American: Journal of Literature, Science, the Arts, and...
- Synonyms:
- Austenish
Examples of Miss Austenish in a sentence
- If this were a little more clever, it would be Miss Austenish.1895 February 15, “The Wares of Autolycus. A Novel for the Reaction.”, in The Pall Mall Gazette, 4th edition, volume LX, number 9328, page...
- Tarkington’s Miss Austenish eye, which, figuratively speaking, sees in the occasion of a bad egg for breakfast the inception of a divorce.1918, Robert Cortes Holliday, chapter VII, in Booth Tarkington, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 161:
Synonyms of Miss Austenish
Forms of Miss Austenish
| comparative | more Miss Austenish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Miss Austenish |
Origin of Miss Austenish
From Miss Austen + -ish.
Questions about Miss Austenish
- What does Miss Austenish mean?
- Miss Austenish means synonym of Austenish.
- How do you use Miss Austenish in a sentence?
- If this were a little more clever, it would be Miss Austenish.
- What part of speech is Miss Austenish?
- Miss Austenish is an adjective.
Words near Miss Austenish in the dictionary
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