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Definition of Sissyish
1. Adjective. Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
Exact synonyms: Cissy, Effeminate, Emasculate, Epicene, Sissified, Sissy
Similar to: Unmanful, Unmanlike, Unmanly
Derivative terms: Effeminateness, Sissiness
Similar to: Unmanful, Unmanlike, Unmanly
Derivative terms: Effeminateness, Sissiness
Definition of Sissyish
1. resembling a sissy [adj] - See also: sissy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sissyish
Literary usage of Sissyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physical Bases of Crime, a Symposium: Papers and Discussion Contributed to by American Academy of Medicine (1914)
"A number of the prisoners, always present, were so sissyish in appearance as to
attract and excite derision from the others: their effeminate features, ..."
2. Aunt Nabby: Her Rambles, Her Adventures, and Her Notions. by Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell (1898)
"... call " sissyish." How in the world but I won't repeat what I sed afore.
I dunno but I'm too outspoke, but I hefter be ..."
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