schoolgirlish
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From schoolgirl + -ish.
Adjective
[edit]schoolgirlish (comparative more schoolgirlish, superlative most schoolgirlish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a schoolgirl.
- 1996, Carol Becker, Zones of Contention, page 129:
- 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.
- 2011, Sharon Kendrick, Monarch of the Sands:
- 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 […]