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schoolgirlish

schoolgirlish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.

Adjective

schoolgirlish (comparative more schoolgirlish, superlative most schoolgirlish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.
    • This moment of disrobing might be a bit of eroticism in an otherwise almost anti-erotic piece about sexuality, but it is defrayed by her white cotton girl's underpants and 50s-style cotton bra. She is made to look too schoolgirlish here to be really provocative.1996, Carol Becker, Zones of Contention, page 129
    • Last night she'd even dreamt about him—some stupid, schoolgirlish fantasy which seemed to involve him riding in the desert on one of his favoured black stallions and scooping her into the saddle in front of him […]2011, Sharon Kendrick, Monarch of the Sands

Forms of schoolgirlish

comparativemore schoolgirlish
superlativemost schoolgirlish

Origin of schoolgirlish

From schoolgirl + -ish.

Questions about schoolgirlish

What does schoolgirlish mean?
Schoolgirlish means resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.
What part of speech is schoolgirlish?
Schoolgirlish is an adjective.

Words near schoolgirlish in the dictionary

  1. schoolgirl pins
  2. schoolgirldom
  3. schoolgirled
  4. schoolgirlhood
  5. schoolgirling
  6. schoolgirlish
  7. schoolgirlishly
  8. schoolgirlishness
  9. schoolgirlism
  10. schoolgirls
  11. schoolgirly

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