mommish

English

Alternative forms

• momish, mom-ish

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,