missish

M3I1S1S1I1S1H4

adjective

Prim and prudish.

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Meanings

adjectivemissish (comparative more missish, superlative most missish)

comparative more missish · superlative most missish

  1. datedPrim and prudish.

    You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.

    1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 267

Origin

From miss + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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