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schoolboyish

UK/ˈskuːl.bɔɪ.ɪʃ/

schoolboyish adjective: resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.

Adjective

schoolboyish (comparative more schoolboyish, superlative most schoolboyish)

  1. Resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.
    • ‘I know you think it schoolboyish, but there is a man behind me and a man before, I am part of a chain, a link.’1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1119

Forms of schoolboyish

comparativemore schoolboyish
superlativemost schoolboyish

Origin of schoolboyish

From schoolboy + -ish.

Questions about schoolboyish

What does schoolboyish mean?
Schoolboyish means resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.
What part of speech is schoolboyish?
Schoolboyish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce schoolboyish?
Schoolboyish is pronounced /ˈskuːl.bɔɪ.ɪʃ/ (UK).

Words near schoolboyish in the dictionary

  1. schoolboy errors
  2. schoolboy knot
  3. schoolboy knots
  4. schoolboydom
  5. schoolboyhood
  6. schoolboyish
  7. schoolboyishly
  8. schoolboyishness
  9. schoolboyism
  10. schoolboys
  11. schoolbus

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