† missyishadj.
Obsolete.
= missish adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affectedly proper
moy1487
strait-laced1554
mima1586
prim1702
prick-eared1707
prudish1717
priggish1731
primsy1786
trig1793
missish1795
missy1805
pershittie1808
missyish1818
missy-like1831
primmy1857
pruney and prismatic (or prismy)1857
antiseptic1891
blue-nosed1893
prissy1894
Nice Nelly1922
prissified1923
prunes and prismy1931
1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage III. vii. 107 I really could not have supposed you so extremely missy-ish.
1884 Littell's Living Age 3 May 274/1 A headache of that kind is missyish and vulgar.
1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted II. xviii. 245 Why do you put on this missyish air of innocence?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
<
adj.1818