pedagoguette

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noun

A schoolmistress.

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Meanings

nounpedagoguette (plural pedagoguettes)

plural pedagoguettes

  1. nonce wordA schoolmistress.

    […] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]

    1935, Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
schoolmistress

Origin

From pedagogue + -ette.

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Cite this entry
APA

pedagoguette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedagoguette

MLA

“pedagoguette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedagoguette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedagoguette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedagoguette.

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