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- n. Affectation of the airs of a young miss; primness; silly affectation.
Examples
“Humph!' said her questioner again, rather disconcerted by the obvious missishness of the answer.”
“As to Eleanor being kind and familiar, and all that, she always had that sort of sentimental missishness about anything connected with old days.”
“She hated the missishness of young ladies, and had resolved that when he asked her a plain question she would give him a plain answer.”
“Ach, we'll have none of that missishness between us.”
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chained_bear Hey! Hey! It's almost like uselessness!! Feb 24, 2008
chained_bear "...no missishness, no bridling, no simpering, but no bold over-confidence either: she hit just the right note of friendliness, and Maturin watched her with admiration."
--Patrick O'Brian, Treason's Harbour, 25 Feb 15, 2008