nannyishadj.

Brit.

/ˈnanɪɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈnæniɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nanny n.¹, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < nanny n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier nanny-like adj.

Resembling or characteristic of a nanny; overprotective, fussy; restrictive; patronizing. Cf. nanny-like adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > excessively

mollycoddling1834

overprotecting1847

grandmotherly1873

overprotective1907

nanny1959

nannyish1962

1962 Times 8 Feb. 9/7 Easy for his opponents to smile tolerantly on Wilberforce and make him seem impossibly nannyish.

1972 J. Rossiter Rope for General Dietz iii. 34 The air of nannyish protectiveness she had possessed in her BEA uniform.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 July a20/2 The Alma Mater Society..set up a nannyish new publications board with the power to change the paper's editorial policies.

2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Sept. 18 Her passion for reform tends to translate..as somehow nannyish and condescending.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nannyish
释义	nannyishadj. Brit. /ˈnanɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈnæniɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nanny n.¹, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < nanny n.¹ + -ish suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier nanny-like adj. Resembling or characteristic of a nanny; overprotective, fussy; restrictive; patronizing. Cf. nanny-like adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > excessively mollycoddling1834 overprotecting1847 grandmotherly1873 overprotective1907 nanny1959 nannyish1962 1962 Times 8 Feb. 9/7 Easy for his opponents to smile tolerantly on Wilberforce and make him seem impossibly nannyish. 1972 J. Rossiter Rope for General Dietz iii. 34 The air of nannyish protectiveness she had possessed in her BEA uniform. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 July a20/2 The Alma Mater Society..set up a nannyish new publications board with the power to change the paper's editorial policies. 2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Sept. 18 Her passion for reform tends to translate..as somehow nannyish and condescending. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1962
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