old-womanish adjective1 •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. — 1900 formsmore old-womanish · most old-womanish
