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old wivish

old wivish is the alternative form of old-wifish.

Meaning of old-wifish

Adjective

old-wifish (comparative more old-wifish, superlative most old-wifish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an old wife.
    • As for vngooſtly and olde wyueſh fables, caſt them awaye, but exercyſe thy ſelfe vnto godlynes.1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, I. Timothy...

Forms of old wivish

comparativemore old wivish
superlativemost old wivish

Questions about old wivish

What is old wivish the alternative form of?
Old wivish is the alternative form of old-wifish.

Words near old wivish in the dictionary

  1. old wine in new bottles
  2. old wise tale
  3. old wives
  4. old wives' tale
  5. old wives' tales
  6. old wivish
  7. Old Woking
  8. Old Wolverton
  9. old woman
  10. old woman's tooth
  11. old women

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