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schoolmarmed

schoolmarmed is the simple past and past participle of schoolmarm.

Meaning of schoolmarm

Verb

schoolmarm (third-person singular simple present schoolmarms, present participle schoolmarming, simple past and past participle schoolmarmed)

  1. (US, slang, transitive) To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide.
    • Well, our trouble in America is that we're being schoolmarmed to death. You can see it in any paper you pick up.1914, The Cosmopolitan, volume 56, Schlicht & Field, page 458

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Questions about schoolmarmed

What is schoolmarmed the simple past and past participle of?
Schoolmarmed is the simple past and past participle of schoolmarm.

Words near schoolmarmed in the dictionary

  1. schoolma'ams
  2. schoolmaid
  3. schoolmaids
  4. schoolman
  5. schoolmarm
  6. schoolmarmed
  7. schoolmarming
  8. schoolmarmish
  9. schoolmarmishly
  10. schoolmarmishness
  11. schoolmarms

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