housewivish

English

Adjective

housewivish (comparative more housewivish, superlative most housewivish)

1. Rare form of housewifish.
   • 2004, Sam Vaknin, Excerpts and Case Studies from the Archives of the Narcissistic Abuse Study Group, 2nd edition, Prague, Skopje: Narcissus Publications, →ISBN:

     This is why I dazzle them with my intellect and charm and wit and knowledge, with unprecedented intrusive interest in their petty, boring, housewivish lives - and then I let go abruptly.

   • 2005 October 25, Laura Klebanow, “Halloween’s Cheap, Easy Fashion Show”, in The Greyhound, volume 79, number 7, Baltimore, Md.: Loyola University Maryland, page 14:

     Desperate Housewives: If you’ve ever envied Eva Longoria and all of her curvacious glory, what’s to stop you and your roommates from enjoying Halloween as these middle-aged vixens? Go ahead and throw together some very desperate and very housewivish ensembles.

   • 2012 March 22, Madeleine Marr, “Local appearance”, in The Miami Herald, 109th year, number 190, page 8A:

     “The bigger the celebrity it seems like the cooler the person,” [Mario] Lopez explains. “But then you have the mid-lane reality ‘housewivish’ types that come with the big entourage and have a little bit of an attitude. That’s very funny, I think.”