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1 жеманный
1) General subject: affected, ceremonious, chi-chi, chichi, coy, cutesy, finical, finicking, finicky, genteel, la di da, lackadaisical, miminy piminy, miminy-piminy, mincing, minikin, missish, namby pamby, namby-pamby, nice-nelly, niminy piminy, niminy-piminy, old maidish, prim, prim and proper, prissy, prudish, pudibund2) Colloquial: la-di-da4) Jargon: cutesie5) Makarov: old-maidish6) Taboo: nevershit -
2 стародевичий
1) General subject: old maidish, old-maidish2) Religion: vestal -
3 чопорный
1) General subject: angular, as stiff as a poker, buckram, ceremonious, chilly, demure, donnish, nice nelly, nice-nelly, niminy piminy, niminy-piminy, old maidish, pokerish, prim, prim and proper, prissy, smug, square toed, square-toed, starched, starchy, stiff, stiff as a poker, stiff as a ramrod, stiff necked, stiff-necked, whalebone, stand-offish, punctilious, stuffy2) Colloquial: offish3) American: priss4) Deprecatingly: uptight5) Jargon: up tight6) Makarov: old-maidish, stilted7) Phraseological unit: cat that ate the canary -
4 стародевический
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5 в нем есть что-то от старой девы
General subject: he is rather old-maidishУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в нем есть что-то от старой девы
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6 стародевический
vestal имя прилагательное:
См. также в других словарях:
old-maidish — old maid ish, a. Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular; overly fastidious. Syn: fussy, old womanish. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
old-maidish — adjective primly fastidious • Syn: ↑old womanish • Similar to: ↑fastidious * * * /ohld may dish/, adj. characteristic of or resembling an old maid. [1750 60] * * * old maidˈish adjective Like the conventional old maid, prim … Useful english dictionary
old-maidish — /oʊld ˈmeɪdɪʃ/ (say ohld maydish) adjective lacking a broad minded approach that comes from experience; prim. {old maid + ish1} –old maidishly, adverb –old maidishness, noun …
old maidish — adj. old womanish, similar to an old maid; primly hard to please … English contemporary dictionary
old-maidish — of an old maid, like an old unmarried woman … English contemporary dictionary
old-maidish — adjective see old maid … New Collegiate Dictionary
old-maidish — /ohld may dish/, adj. characteristic of or resembling an old maid. [1750 60] * * * … Universalium
old-maidish — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by excessive concern for propriety and good form: bluenosed, genteel, precise, priggish, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, strait laced, stuffy, Victorian. Idiom: prim and proper. See PLAIN … English dictionary for students
old-womanish — old wom an*ish, a. Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old maidish. {Old wom an*ish*ness}, n. Syn: fussy, old maidish. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Old-womanishness — old womanish old wom an*ish, a. Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old maidish. {Old wom an*ish*ness}, n. Syn: fussy, old maidish. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
old maid — noun count 1. ) an insulting word for an older woman who has not been married and is unlikely to get married 2. ) INFORMAL someone who has old fashioned opinions and is too worried about small details ╾ ,old maidish adjective … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English