mommish

English

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Etymology

From mom +‎ -ish.

Adjective

mommish (comparative more mommish, superlative most mommish)

  1. Characteristic of a mom; mommyish.
    • 2005, Susan Volland, Cooking for Mr. Right, page 97:
      The littlest things get her all mommish.
    • 2006, Holly Jacobs, Confessions of a Party Crasher, page 258:
      Taking her clubbing... well, that wouldn't be very mommish.
    • 2016, Karen Romano Young, Hundred Percent:
      She had also opened up her own dresser drawers and closet to find some “basics” for Tink— things in neutral colors like black and white that didn't look mommish,

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