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schoolboyish, a.|ˈskuːlbɔɪɪʃ|
[f. schoolboy + -ish.]
Schoolboy-like. Hence ˈschoolboyishly adv., in the manner of a schoolboy; ˈschoolboyishness, the conduct or manner of a schoolboy.
1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 278 All this being not particularly new, and rather schoolboyish withal. 1888Academy 18 Feb. 112 An eminently schoolboyish story. 1898G. B. Shaw Let. ? 2 May (1972) II. 39 Irving & I are too eminent to indulge in such schoolboyishness in public. 1901W. J. Locke Usurper xviii. 247 He..was so schoolboyishly happy the next morning on starting for his holiday. 1972J. Potter Going West 159 His step was jaunty and his manner schoolboyishly affable. 1976Daily Tel. 9 Sept. 13/1 As an example of the schoolboyishness, I would cite the fact that Ransome and a friend..had coded signals which they displayed on their respective houses..to give notice when they were going fishing. |