schoolgirlishness
English
Etymology
From schoolgirlish + -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskuːlˌɡəːlɪʃnəs/
Noun
schoolgirlishness (uncountable)
- The fact or quality of being schoolgirlish. [from 19th c.]
- 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 35:
- Her present image had more in common with her reflection at fifteen, a broad and sturdy schoolgirlishness, than it had with herself of only six months ago.
- 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 35: