schoolmarmish
1schoolmarmish — adjective see schoolmarm …
2schoolmarmish — See schoolmarm. * * * …
3schoolmarmish — adjective Resembling a schoolmarm …
4schoolmarmish — adj. behaving like a schoolmarm; having characteristics of a schoolmarm …
5schoolmarmish — school·marm·ish …
6schoolmarmish — See: schoolmarm …
7schoolmarmish — ish, ēsh adjective : resembling or typical of a schoolmarm …
8schoolmarm — schoolmarmish, adj. /skoohl mahrm /, n. Older Use. a female schoolteacher, esp. of the old time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish. Also, schoolma am. [1835 45, Amer.; var. of SCHOOLMA AM] * * * …
9Follett's Modern American Usage — Infobox Book name = Modern American Usage image caption = author = Wilson Follett country = United States language = English series = subject = Style guide200| publisher = Hill Wang, The Noonday Press pub date = 1966 media type = pages = 436 isbn …
10schoolmarm — or schoolma am noun Etymology: school + marm, alteration of ma am Date: 1831 1. a woman who is a schoolteacher especially in a rural or small town school 2. a person who exhibits characteristics attributed to schoolteachers (as strict adherence… …
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