schoolteacherish

[ skool-tee-cher-ish ]

adjectiveDisparaging.

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

Origin of schoolteacherish

¹

First recorded in 1925–30; schoolteacher + -ish¹

Words Nearby schoolteacherish

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How to use schoolteacherish in a sentence

But it must be said that the very word has a repellent schoolteacherish sound.
Etiquette | Emily Post

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