Meaning of muffish | Babel Free

Definitions

lackluster or timid; effeminate; without spirit.

colloquial, dated

Examples

“Placed in a tumultuous community, where obedience and study⟳ are deemed "muffish," and reckless mischief passes for "pluck," a high-spirited, impulsive boy needs aid from without to bear⟳ up against the temptations which assail him.”

“I wouldn't be so muffish as to choose⟳ anything else.”

“Nothing looks so cocktail and muffish on a coach as to see⟳ a man learning to catch⟳ his whip, and after many futile efforts taking it upside down for this purpose, and twisting the thong round and round with the point⟳ downwards, as if he was stirring porridge for a pack⟳ of hounds.”

“'In my opinion,' he added, recovering himself, 'it's you who are muffish if you can't manage⟳ your tricks by yourself. You were always better at that kind of thing than I was.'”

“He might assure his red cheeks and sprouting moustache in the looking-glass that that fellow, St. Denis, had muffish ways, and that girls, especially spirited girls like⟳ Peggy, would infinitely prefer⟳ a more manly chap.”

“"Is that what's the matter⟳ with you? You look⟳ awfully muffish."”

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