10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISSISH»
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I am too old to be missish.” “Old,” he repeated. “How old are you exactly?” She
chose another lock of hair to work the comb through. “Now that is a question no
woman wishes to answer.” He shot back. “As old as all that, then?” She turned
her ...
Even being missish and simpering would probably be an improvement. At least
you'd giggle and flicker your a fellow, instead of just... lashes at just hiding.” She
stiffened. “Hiding?” “Yes, hiding.” Tris, ignoring her obvious dismay,barged on.
Elizabeth Mansfield, 2014
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A Supplementary English Glossary
Southey, Tluilaba, Bk. V. Lamia Missioned her viewless servant*. Keats, Lamia,
Pt. II. General Belgrano with a forceof a thousand men missioned by Buenos
Ayres came up the river. — Carlyle, Misc., iv. 274. MISSISH, affected ; sentimental
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Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1881
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The imperial encyclopaedic dictionary: a new and exhaustive ...
... a mistake in what one. 2731. mis shap en-ly, adv. [Eng. misshapen; -iy.] In a
misshapen manner. mis shap -en-ness, «. [Eng. misshapen; -neas.] The quality
or state of being misshapen; deformity. missish. or Jew, was common or unclean
...
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The Truelove (Vol. Book 15) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
... however, with fair hair and grey eyes, in spite of a rather pale face and a slight
figure; nothing really remarkable, though she does hold her head very well. On
the other hand she is cheerful, has unaffected good manners - neither missish
nor ...
Don't be missish, my dear." " Missish ! Upon my word, aunt Mary, you are
becoming severe. What I mean is, that I don't think he cares so very much for me ;
and on the whole, I am not — not quite sure, whether — well, I won't say anything
more ...
Anthony Trollope, Algar Labouchere Thorold, 1905
MISSISH (MIS ish) adj overly sentimental or prudish Because an unmarried (and
therefore virginal) woman is called Miss regardless of age in Dickens novels, it
follows that a missish person would be easily embarrassed and, well, generally ...
By-and-by I mean to take her in hand, and cure her of her little affectations and
missish ways. Her poor mother was a very superior person She was my
governess till she married Mr. Serle, and I was very fond of her ; that is how
Sydney comes ...
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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science
GIRL of seventeen—a girl with a "missish " name, with a "missish “ face as well,
soft skin, bright eyes, dark hair, medium height and a certain amount of coquetry
in her attire. This completes the "visible " of Nellie Archer. And the invisible?
Princess Caroline very missish at supper. I much fear these habits are
irrecoverably rooted in her — she is naturally curious, and a gossip — she is
quick and observing, and she has a silly pride offinding out everything — she
thinks herself ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISSISH»
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5 Fabulous Literary Fathers, in Their Own Words
You are not going to be missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
Why celebrity gossip is a sport we should all practise seriously
You are not going to be missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
A pleasurable read
But that too, with all its chiselled, manly men and simpering missish women seemed removed from reality, something not anybody would ... «The Hindu, Jul 14»
Here Is Your Yuletide Sexual Harassment, Of Some Ladies So It's …
... talking about his cock, and the strip clubs he liked to go to, and their butts, and they are all mad about it, like a bunch of missish dumb prudes! «Wonkette, Dec 13»
The Hippodrome: Kicked Off
But Rebels quarterback Bo Wallace — the Ole Missest man with the Ole Missest name on a team of very Ole Missish men with Ole Missish ... «Nashville Scene, Aug 13»
Anti-fashion fashion and the vanishing Riot Girl
... paired with clunky platforms; missish floral sheathes were layered over a modest white tee, its hem hacked to mid-thigh. Combat boots left the ... «Philippine Star, May 13»