- oldmaidish
old-maidish
1> стародевичий;
_Ex:
he is rather old-maidish в нем есть что-то от старой девы
2> чопорный; жеманный
Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
oldmaidish
Смотреть что такое "oldmaidish" в других словарях:
prudish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prim, demure, precious, affected, precise. See affectation. Ant., liberal, open. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. overnice, stilted, mincing, precise, narrow minded, illiberal, bigoted, prissy, priggish … English dictionary for students
old maid — n. 1. a woman, esp. an older woman, who has never married; spinster: a mild term of contempt 2. a prim, prudish, fussy person 3. a simple card game played with a deck containing one card with no match, the loser being the player left with that… … English World dictionary
