The Collaborative International Dictionary
Missish
Missish \Miss"ish\, a. Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental. [1913 Webster] -- Miss"ish*ness, n.
Usage examples of "missish".
You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report.
Indeed, I should not like to have the name of a take-it-and-drop it, shilly-shallying, missish "son of a bitch" at the Navy Board,' he said with a smile.
Indeed, I should not like to have the name of a take-it-and-drop it, shilly-shallying, missish “son of a bitch” at the Navy Board,’ he said with a smile.