Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Affectation of the airs of a young miss; primness; silly affectation.
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- noun The quality of being
missish .
Etymologies
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missish + -ness
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Examples
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'Humph!' said her questioner again, rather disconcerted by the obvious missishness of the answer.
Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885
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'Humph!' said her questioner again, rather disconcerted by the obvious missishness of the answer.
Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885
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As to Eleanor being kind and familiar, and all that, she always had that sort of sentimental missishness about anything connected with old days.
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She hated the missishness of young ladies, and had resolved that when he asked her a plain question she would give him a plain answer.
Orley Farm Anthony Trollope 1848
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"Ach, we'll have none of that missishness between us.
Hero Come Back Laurens, Stephanie 2005
chained_bear commented on the word missishness
"...no missishness, no bridling, no simpering, but no bold over-confidence either: she hit just the right note of friendliness, and Maturin watched her with admiration."
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 25
February 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word missishness
Hey! Hey! It's almost like uselessness!!
February 24, 2008