missish

English

Etymology

From miss +‎ -ish.

Adjective

missish (comparative more missish, superlative most missish)

1. (dated) prim and prudish
   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 267:

     You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.