old-womanish
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.68 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the negative traits of a stereotypical elderly woman: peevish, superstitious, prim and proper, etc.
Example Sentences
- "He did not say that he thought her position stiff, and her dress too old for her, though he had thought it, and smiled at the prim, old-womanish figure, sitting so erect in the high-backed chair."
- "If we would exercise ourselves unto godliness, we must refuse profane and old-womanish tales. Much of the teaching and preaching in Christianity today falls in the category of old-womanish tales."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more old-womanish (comparative)
most old-womanish (superlative)