English Dictionary

old-womanish

形容詞

Having the negative traits of a stereotypical elderly woman: peevish, superstitious, prim and proper, etc.

日本語の意味

年配の女性にあるとされる否定的な特徴（短気、迷信的、堅苦しいなど）を示す形容詞。 / 典型的な老人女性のネガティブなステレオタイプ―すなわち、感情が不安定で、厳格かつ形式的な振る舞い―を表現する言葉。

His old-womanish insistence on folding napkins perfectly embarrassed the entire family.

小言っぽく几帳面で、ナプキンを完璧に折ることにこだわる彼の態度は家族全員を恥ずかしがらせた。

意味（1）

Having the negative traits of a stereotypical elderly woman: peevish, superstitious, prim and proper, etc.

He did not say that he thought her position stiff, and her dress too old for her, though he had thought it, and smiled at the prim, old-womanish figure, sitting so erect in the high-backed chair.

more old-womanish （ comparative ）

most old-womanish （ superlative ）