单词 | schoolboyism |
释义 | schoolboyismn. The quality or condition of being a schoolboy; action or behaviour characteristic of a schoolboy; schoolboyishness. Also: an instance of this. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > schoolboy > conduct of schoolboyism1826 schoolboyishness1837 1826 Age 22 Jan. 292/2 All his Eton and Oxford boasting of purity and prosody, is mere pedantry and schoolboyism. 1829 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 149/1 Examining the hands of our acquaintance, we find a quaint hand in a prig, an indifferent schoolboyism in some high moral characters, [etc.]. 1870 H. Lonsdale Sketch Life & Writing R. Knox vii. 129 [They] had to be educated, and diligent and aspiring. Schoolboyism would not do. 1989 Independent (Nexis) 28 Nov. 25 The..days of The Young Ones, Rik Mayall and Ben Elton..when, though sexism and racism were no go, schoolboyism was back on the humour agenda. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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