old maid

old maid

n.1. Offensive Used as a disparaging term for a woman who is no longer young and has not married.2. Informal A person regarded as being primly fastidious.3. Games a. A card game in which players match cards into pairs using a deck that has an odd number of cards. The player who holds the unmatched card at the end loses.b. The loser of this game.

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old′-maid′ish (-mā′dĭsh) adj.

old maid

n 1. a woman regarded as unlikely ever to marry; spinster 2. informal a prim, fastidious, or excessively cautious person 3. (Card Games) a card game using a pack from which one card has been removed, in which players try to avoid holding the unpaired card at the end of the game ˌold-ˈmaidish adj

old′ maid′

n. 1. Usually Disparaging. an elderly or confirmed spinster. 2. a fussy, timid, prudish person. 3. a simple card game, played with a deck having one card removed, in which players match pairs, the loser being the holder of the odd card, usu. a queen. [1520–30] old′-maid′ish, adj. usage: Definition 1 is usually used with disparaging intent.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	old maid - an elderly unmarried woman spinsterunmarried woman - a woman who is not married
	2.	old maid - any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower headsold maid flower, zinniaflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Zinnia - genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowerswhite zinnia, Zinnia acerosa - subshrub with slender woolly stems and long narrow leaves and flower heads with white rays; southern United States and northern Mexicolittle golden zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora - subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays; Arizona south to Mexico and east to Kansas
	3.	old maid - commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowersCape periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, cayenne jasmine, Madagascar periwinkle, red periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Vinca rosea, periwinkleCatharanthus, genus Catharanthus - small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vincaherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
	4.	old maid - the loser in a game of old maidalso-ran, loser - a contestant who loses the contest
	5.	old maid - a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

old maid

nounInformal. A person who is too much concerned with being proper, modest, or righteous:bluenose, Mrs. Grundy, prude, puritan, Victorian.

Translations

老处女

old

(əuld) adjective1. advanced in age. an old man; He is too old to live alone. 年老的 年老的2. having a certain age. He is thirty years old. 人...歲 ...岁的 3. having existed for a long time. an old building; Those trees are very old. 年久的 年久的4. no longer useful. She threw away the old shoes. 破舊的 破旧的5. belonging to times long ago. old civilizations like that of Greece. 古老的 古老的old age the later part of a person's life. He wrote most of his poems in his old age. 晚年 晚年old boy/girl a former pupil (of a school). The new prime minister is an old boy of our school. 老同學 老同学ˌold-ˈfashioned adjective in a style common some time ago. old-fashioned clothes; Her hairstyle is very old-fashioned. 老式的 老式的old hand a person who is very experienced. He's an old hand at this sort of job. 老手 老手old maid an unmarried woman who is past the usual age of marriage. 老處女 老处女the old old people. hospitals for the old. 老年人 老年人