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wifish

wifish adjective: like a wife.

Adjective

wifish (comparative more wifish, superlative most wifish)

  1. Like a wife.
    • Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.1882, William Senior, AKA Black Palmer, Scotch Loch-Fishing
    • But when I press anything, it is always with a true wifish submission to your judgment and inclination.1890, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Mary Wollstonecraft
    Synonyms:
    wifely, wifey, uxorial

Synonyms of wifish

Forms of wifish

comparativemore wifish
superlativemost wifish
alternative formwivish

Origin of wifish

From wife + -ish.

Questions about wifish

What does wifish mean?
Wifish means like a wife.
What part of speech is wifish?
Wifish is an adjective.

Words near wifish in the dictionary

  1. WiFiless
  2. WiFilike
  3. wifing
  4. wifing up
  5. wifis
  6. wifish
  7. wifism
  8. wifout
  9. wiftier
  10. wiftiest
  11. wifty

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