stickishadj.
/ˈstɪkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈstɪkɪʃ/ Resembling or reminiscent of a stick (in various senses); esp. (of a person) dull, rigid, prudish (cf. stick n.1 13b).
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1810 W. Scott Let. 30 Jan. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) II. vii. 271 Malcolm de Grey was tolerable but stickish.
1863 Lady's Newspaper 30 May 566/2 He was the weakest of the weak, insipid and mawkish, angular and stickish.
1901 Sketch 30 Oct. 70/1 He amuses me so—he's so quaint and stickish.
1987 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Jan. Maturing and becoming less stickish in the sexually charged and comparatively classless hurlyburly of the music hall world.
2013 D. L. Crumpton Then came Flood i. 1 The leaves..cut at his face like razors as he darted between them as fast as his stickish legs could carry him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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