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headmistressy en · ADJ

Etymology

From headmistress + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a headmistress.
   • The moment passed, and she packed him firmly off with cheerful, conventional, headmistressy remarks about being a good boy, and next term coming soon. 1956, Frances Martin, Summer Meridian, London: Cassell & Company Ltd, page 190:
   • So he would have to take her to some expensive Thames-side pub, and in this grand, headmistressy mood she would be sure to order smoked salmon. 1961, Elizabeth Taylor, In a Summer Season, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →LCCN, page 67:
   • Violet, who was British and sat through my classes with a headmistressy stare, did say she admired the Heidelberg school of painters. 2007, Margaret Sutherland, Leaving Gaza, Leicester: Ulverscroft, published 2009, →ISBN, page 215:

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Synonyms

headmistressly