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

Definition of Sissyish

1. resembling a sissy [adj] - See also: sissy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sissyish

sisses
sissier
sissies
sissiest
sissification
sissified
sissifies
sissify
sissifying
sissiness
sissinesses
sissoo
sissoos
sissu
sissy
sissyish (current term)
sissyness
sissynesses
sissyphobia
sist
sisted
sister
sister-in-law
sister-in-laws
sister-wife
sister-wives
sister chromatid
sister chromatid cohesion
sister chromatid exchange
sister cities

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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