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schoolboyishness

schoolboyishness noun: the quality of being schoolboyish.

Noun

schoolboyishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being schoolboyish.

Origin of schoolboyishness

From schoolboyish + -ness.

Questions about schoolboyishness

What does schoolboyishness mean?
Schoolboyishness means the quality of being schoolboyish.
What part of speech is schoolboyishness?
Schoolboyishness is a noun.

Words near schoolboyishness in the dictionary

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

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