"old-maidish" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From old maid + -ish.",
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      "form": "more old-maidish",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 8, in Casino Royale, page 48:",
          "text": "‘You must forgive me,’ he said. ‘I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink. It comes partly from being a bachelor, but mostly from a habit of taking a lot of trouble over details. It’s very pernickety and old-maidish really, but then when I’m working I generally have to eat my meals alone and it makes them more interesting when one takes trouble.’",
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          "ref": "1982, Joy Kogawa, Obasan, page 8:",
          "text": "At thirty-six, I'm no bargain in the marriage market. But Aunt Emily in Toronto, still single at fifty-six, is even more old-maidish than I am and yet she refuses the label.",
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        "Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular."
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  "word": "old-maidish"
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  "etymology_text": "From old maid + -ish.",
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    {
      "form": "more old-maidish",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most old-maidish",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 8, in Casino Royale, page 48:",
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          "ref": "1982, Joy Kogawa, Obasan, page 8:",
          "text": "At thirty-six, I'm no bargain in the marriage market. But Aunt Emily in Toronto, still single at fifty-six, is even more old-maidish than I am and yet she refuses the label.",
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        "Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular."
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