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Spinsterish

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

Etymology

From spinster + -ish.

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