schoolgirlish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveschoolgirlish (comparative more schoolgirlish, superlative most schoolgirlish)

comparative more schoolgirlish · superlative most schoolgirlish

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.

    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
    1 more example

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebefitting or characteristic of a young girl

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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