of, like, or characteristic of a young woman or girl
missish in American English
(ˈmɪsɪʃ)
adjective
prim; affected; prudish
Derived forms
missishness
noun
Word origin
[1785–95; miss2 + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crossover, logrolling, nitrogen, plateau, preemptive-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)