old-maidish

• Abwertend verwendetes Adjektiv für jemanden oder etwas, das altjüngferlich, prüde, penibel, übervorsichtig oder kleinlich wirkt; oft mit dem Klischee einer unverheirateten älteren Frau verbunden.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone or something that is prim, fussy, or overly cautious, often associated with the outdated stereotype of an unmarried older woman.

1. Primly fastidiousC1informal

   Excessively concerned with neatness, order, and propriety, often in a way that is considered fussy or old-fashioned.

   Altjüngferlich

   • Her old-maidish insistence on having everything in its exact place annoyed her roommates.
   • He had an old-maidish habit of arranging his desk with perfect symmetry.
   • The decor was charming but a bit old-maidish, with doilies on every surface.

   Synonymefastidiousfinickyfussyparticularprimprissyprudishpuritanicalstrait-lacedstuffy