landladyish

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adjective

Suggesting or befitting a landlady.

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Meanings

adjectivelandladyish (comparative more landladyish, superlative most landladyish)

comparative more landladyish · superlative most landladyish

  1. rareSuggesting or befitting a landlady.

    […] as if someone had suddenly switched on a searchlight which filled every corner of the odd landladyish room with its aspidistra and baize cloth and the smoke and heat of the game.

    1939, Nicholas Monsarrat, This Is the Schoolroom, page 12

Origin

From landlady + -ish.

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APA

landladyish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landladyish

MLA

“landladyish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landladyish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landladyish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landladyish.

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