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schoolmarmy

schoolmarmy adjective: resembling a schoolmarm.

Adjective

schoolmarmy (comparative more schoolmarmy, superlative most schoolmarmy)

  1. (informal) Resembling a schoolmarm.

Forms of schoolmarmy

comparativemore schoolmarmy
superlativemost schoolmarmy

Origin of schoolmarmy

From schoolmarm + -y.

Questions about schoolmarmy

What does schoolmarmy mean?
Schoolmarmy means resembling a schoolmarm.
What part of speech is schoolmarmy?
Schoolmarmy is an adjective.

Words near schoolmarmy in the dictionary

  1. schoolmarming
  2. schoolmarmish
  3. schoolmarmishly
  4. schoolmarmishness
  5. schoolmarms
  6. schoolmarmy
  7. schoolmaster
  8. schoolmastered
  9. schoolmasterhood
  10. schoolmastering
  11. schoolmasterish

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