old-wifish

== English == === Alternative forms === old wivish, old-wivish === Etymology === From old wife +‎ -ish. === Adjective === old-wifish (comparative more old-wifish, superlative most old-wifish) Resembling or characteristic of an old wife. === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Old-wi·fish”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 101, column 1.