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spinsterish

spinsterish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a spinster.

Adjective

spinsterish (comparative more spinsterish, superlative most spinsterish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.
    • Alma Winemiller, the repressed minister's daughter in a small southern town, is a spinsterish and prudish woman, losing her youth, who becomes aware of her strongly sensual nature and in desperation has the courage to act on her sexual impulses.1976 December 25, Robert Chesley, “New York's "Nightingale" Does No Justice to Williams' Play”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 16

Forms of spinsterish

comparativemore spinsterish
superlativemost spinsterish

Origin of spinsterish

From spinster + -ish.

Words formed from spinsterish

Questions about spinsterish

What does spinsterish mean?
Spinsterish means resembling or characteristic of a spinster.
What part of speech is spinsterish?
Spinsterish is an adjective.

Words near spinsterish in the dictionary

  1. spinsterdom
  2. spinsterhood
  3. spinsterhoods
  4. spinsterial
  5. spinsterian
  6. spinsterish
  7. spinsterishly
  8. spinsterishness
  9. spinsterism
  10. spinsterlike
  11. spinsterly

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