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schoolgirlish en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English schoolgirl Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English schoolgirlish From schoolgirl + -ish.

Meanings

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:

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