schoolmastery

English

Etymology 1

Noun

schoolmastery (uncountable)

1. Synonym of schoolmastership

Etymology 2

From schoolmaster +‎ -y.

Adjective

schoolmastery (comparative more schoolmastery, superlative most schoolmastery)

1. (informal) Synonym of schoolmasterish
   • 2015, Norman Hillmer, O. D. Skelton: A Portrait of Canadian Ambition, page 210:

     He retailed the common view to Isabel that “Ramsay” was “a tired man, & overdid the envangelical appeal & schoolmastery scolding, but in spots it was eloquent & impressive.”