Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Stupid; awkward.
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- adjective colloquial, dated
stupid ;awkward
Etymologies
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muff + -ish
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Examples
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"You don't want to make the whole school such a muffish set as the Rosebuds, do you?"
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He was always rather mild, quiet, and old-fashioned -- in fact, muffish.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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