Maidish
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a maid; effeminate.
"He played a maidish man, who looked after the house while his suffragette wife supported the family. Looking through an old chest he finds a bottle of something called "Scotch" and gets drunk and sings "Poor Downtrodden Man.""
- 2 Old-maidish.
"In December 1919 she was forty-five years old and more aware than ever that her destiny was to be a maidish one: to look after her ageing mother (by whom she was permanently irritated), to offer emotional succour to her younger siblings […]"
Example
More examples"He played a maidish man, who looked after the house while his suffragette wife supported the family. Looking through an old chest he finds a bottle of something called "Scotch" and gets drunk and sings "Poor Downtrodden Man.""
Etymology
From maid + -ish.
Related phrases
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