schoolboyish

English

Etymology

From schoolboy +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskuːl.bɔɪ.ɪʃ/

Adjective

schoolboyish (comparative more schoolboyish, superlative most schoolboyish)

  1. Resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1119:
      ‘I know you think it schoolboyish, but there is a man behind me and a man before, I am part of a chain, a link.’
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