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Meaning of GIRLISH

Pronunciation:  'gurlish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"
 
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 Synonyms: immature, schoolgirlish, young
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Girl"ish\, a.
Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to
girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak; as, girlish
ways; girlish grief. -- {Girl"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Girl"ish*ness}, n.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: airy, attenuate, attenuated, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, childish, childlike, coltish, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, distaff, ethereal, female, feminine, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail, gauzy, gentlewomanlike, girllike, gossamer, gracile, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, insubstantial, kiddish, kittenish, lacy, ladylike, light, little-girlish, maiden, maidenly, matronal, matronlike, matronly, misty, muliebral, papery, petticoat, puerile, puplike, puppyish, puppylike, rare, rarefied, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thinnish, thin-set, thin-spun, threadlike, vague, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy, womanish, womanlike, womanly
 

 

 

 

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