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mistressy

adj

Etymology

From mistress + -y.

  1. derived from maistresse
  2. inherited from maistresse
  3. suffixed as mistressy — “mistress + y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mistress.

    • ‘Rubbish, I said I’ve no use for it,’ replied Charmian in her most mistressy voice.
    • She usually reports in her mistressy way that I steep my mind in violence–yes, steep–that my temper is fiendish, and that my bite is worse than my bark.

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