Definitions

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  • adjective having unsuitable feminine qualities

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Examples

  • Bella knew some little girls in the house, but in a ceremonious way; Tom had formed no friendships among the boys at school such as he had left in Boston; as nearly as he could explain, the New York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast.

    Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

  • York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast.

    A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 4 William Dean Howells 1878

  • York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast.

    A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

  • But at least two of the other portraits seem positively sissyish.

    NYT > Home Page By CHARLES McGRATH 2011

  • But at least two of the other portraits seem positively sissyish.

    NYT > Home Page By CHARLES McGRATH 2011

  • Because one look at how the man plays the game is sufficient to destroy that old myth that gay men are uniformly effeminate, sissyish and, above all, instantly recognisable.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Edith B, I just checked a dictionary and found three derivative words listed below "sissy": the noun sissiness and the adjectives sissified and sissyish.

    Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 2008

  • 60A: Far from macho (sissyish) - your made-up word of the day.

    Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 2008

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