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muffish, a. colloq.|ˈmʌfɪʃ|
[f. muff n.4 + -ish.]
Of the nature, or characteristic, of a muff.
1858Farrar Eric ii. iii, You don't want to make the whole school such a muffish set as the Rosebuds, do you? 1893Leland Mem. I. 166 He was always rather mild, quiet, and old-fashioned—in fact, muffish.
Hence ˈmuffishness, the quality of being ‘muffish.’
1858Farrar Eric ii. vii, He professed to ridicule diligence as an unboyish piece of muffishness. 1868Sat. Rev. 14 Mar. 340/1 The girl of the period has done away with such moral muffishness as..regard for counsel and rebuke. |