Definition of Schoolgirlish

1. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of a young girl. "A dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"

Exact synonyms: Girlish
Similar to: Immature, Young
Derivative terms: Girlishness

Definition of Schoolgirlish

1. Adjective. Resembling a schoolgirl in behaviour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolgirlish

schooldames
schoolday
schooldays
schoole
schooled
schooler
schooleries
schoolers
schoolery
schooles
schoolfellow
schoolfellows
schoolfriend
schoolfriends
schoolgirl
schoolgirlish (current term)
schoolgirlishly
schoolgirls
schoolgirly
schoolgoer
schoolgoers
schoolgoing
schoolhouse
schoolhouses
schoolie
schoolies
schooling
schoolings
schoolish
schoolishly

Literary usage of Schoolgirlish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"She had a very schoolgirlish appearance. She had on a thick jacket, which seemed to lessen her height ; and an old-fashioned Quaker- like bonnet, ..."

2. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... Junior" is a flimsy, almost schoolgirlish, work, redeemed by the happy notion of the Fuegian marriage, which proves fertile in funny complications, ..."

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