missish (misish)

[ You are not going to be mi ish , I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, lvii. mi ishne (mis'ish-nes), n. Affectation of the airs of a young mi ; primne ; silly affectation. IMG:content-0765.png:[blocks in formation] Did pocket up my letters, and with taunts Did gibe my mi ive out of audience. Shak ., A. and C., ii. 2. 72. Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came mi ives from the king, who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor." Shak ., Macbeth, i. 5. 7.