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Definition of Spinsterish
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinsterish
Literary usage of Spinsterish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Philology by John Peile (1885)
"... you can then add a secondary suffix ish and make a secondary base, used as an
adjective, spinsterish. These suffixes are very numerous, especially those ..."
2. The Mirrors of Downing Street: Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman by Harold Begbie (1921)
"He is at once spinsterish and architectural. I mean that he is a very beautiful
object to look at, and at the same time a frustrated and perverse nature. ..."
3. Beside Still Waters by Maria Luisa Fargion (1992)
"With his work apron on, he had an almost spinsterish air about him, of an
indefinable age. He was well-bred and well-spoken for the countryman that he was. ..."
4. The Mirrors of Downing Street: Some Political Reflections by Harold Begbie (1921)
"He is at once spinsterish and architectural. I mean that he is a very beautiful
object to look at, and at the same time a frustrated and perverse nature. ..."
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