spinsterish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a spinster.
    — Alma Winemiller, the repressed minister's daughter in a small southern town, is a spinsterish and prudish woman, losing her youth, who becomes aware of her strongly sensual nature and in desperation has the courage to act on her sexual impulses.

词形变化

more spinsterish comparative most spinsterish superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English spinster
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English spinsterish
From spinster + -ish.
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