dameish

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adjective

Characteristic of a dame.

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Meanings

adjectivedameish (comparative more dameish, superlative most dameish)

comparative more dameish · superlative most dameish

  1. rareCharacteristic of a dame.

    The voice on the other end was scared all right, but definitely dameish and definitely flirty.

    2011, Diane Miller, Carolyn Hennesy, The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli
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    "[…] I suppose tomorrow we must call on that very dameish woman, Mrs Warburton, with Miss Talbot?"

    1854, Harriet Parr, Maude Talbot, by Holme Lee, volume 1, page 188

    It would have been much more sensible and old-dameish to have kept you, but I have whims as well as other people; […]

    1880, Julie P. Smith, The Married Belle, Or Our Red Cottage at Merry Bank

Origin

From dame + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Madhesi
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APA

dameish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dameish

MLA

“dameish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dameish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dameish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dameish.

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