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maidish

adj

Etymology

From maid + -ish.

  1. derived from *magaþs✻
  2. derived from *magaþ✻
  3. derived from mǣden
  4. derived from mæġden
  5. inherited from mayde
  6. suffixed as maidish — “maid + ish”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a maid

    Resembling or characteristic of a maid; effeminate.

    • He played a maidish man, who looked after the house while his suffragette wife supported the family. Looking through an old chest he finds a bottle of something called "Scotch" and gets drunk and sings "Poor Downtrodden Man."

  2. Old-maidish.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA