spinsterish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.

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Meanings

adjectivespinsterish (comparative more spinsterish, superlative most spinsterish)

comparative more spinsterish · superlative most spinsterish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.

    Alma Winemiller, the repressed minister's daughter in a small southern town, is a spinsterish and prudish woman, losing her youth, who becomes aware of her strongly sensual nature and in desperation has the courage to act on her sexual impulses.

    1976 December 25, Robert Chesley, “New York's "Nightingale" Does No Justice to Williams' Play”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 16

Origin

From spinster + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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