schoolteacherish

[ skool-tee-cher-ish ]

adjective

, Disparaging.

1. showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolteacherish¹

First recorded in 1925–30; schoolteacher + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

But it must be said that the very word has a repellent schoolteacherish sound.

From Project Gutenberg