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headmistressy

headmistressy adjective: resembling or characteristic of a headmistress.

Adjective

headmistressy (comparative more headmistressy, superlative most headmistressy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a headmistress.
    • The moment passed, and she packed him firmly off with cheerful, conventional, headmistressy remarks about being a good boy, and next term coming soon.1956, Frances Martin, Summer Meridian, London: Cassell & Company Ltd, page 190
    • So he would have to take her to some expensive Thames-side pub, and in this grand, headmistressy mood she would be sure to order smoked salmon.1961, Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →LCCN, page 67
    Synonyms:
    headmistressly

Synonyms of headmistressy

Forms of headmistressy

comparativemore headmistressy
superlativemost headmistressy
alternative formhead-mistressy

Origin of headmistressy

From headmistress + -y.

Questions about headmistressy

What does headmistressy mean?
Headmistressy means resembling or characteristic of a headmistress.
What part of speech is headmistressy?
Headmistressy is an adjective.

Words near headmistressy in the dictionary

  1. headmistress-ships
  2. headmistresses
  3. headmistressly
  4. headmistressship
  5. headmistressships
  6. headmistressy
  7. headmold
  8. headmold-shot
  9. headmolds
  10. headmost
  11. headmould

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