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SCHOOLBOYISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schoolboyish mean?
• SCHOOLBOYISH (adjective)
The adjective SCHOOLBOYISH has 1 sense:
1. befitting or characteristic of a young boy
Familiarity information: SCHOOLBOYISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Befitting or characteristic of a young boy
Synonyms:
Context example:
schoolboyish pranks
Similar:
immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)
Context examples
It was about studies and lessons, dealing with the rudiments of knowledge, and the schoolboyish tone of it conflicted with the big things that were stirring in him—with the grip upon life that was even then crooking his fingers like eagle's talons, with the cosmic thrills that made him ache, and with the inchoate consciousness of mastery of it all.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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