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pedagoguette

pedagoguette noun: a schoolmistress.

Noun

pedagoguette (plural pedagoguettes)

  1. (nonce-word) A schoolmistress.
    • […] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]1935, Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading

Forms of pedagoguette

pluralpedagoguettes

Origin of pedagoguette

From pedagogue + -ette.

Questions about pedagoguette

What does pedagoguette mean?
Pedagoguette means a schoolmistress.
What part of speech is pedagoguette?
Pedagoguette is a noun.
What is the plural of pedagoguette?
The plural of pedagoguette is pedagoguettes.

Words near pedagoguette in the dictionary

  1. pedagogued
  2. pedagogueries
  3. pedagoguery
  4. pedagogues
  5. pedagoguese
  6. pedagoguette
  7. pedagoguettes
  8. pedagoguing
  9. pedagoguish
  10. pedagoguishness
  11. pedagogy

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