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schoolmarmish

school·marm
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skool-mahrm]
    • /ˈskulˌmɑrm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skool-mahrm]
    • /ˈskulˌmɑrm/

Definition of schoolmarmish word

  • noun schoolmarmish a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish. 1
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Origin of schoolmarmish

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45, Americanism; variant of schoolma'am

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Parts of speech for Schoolmarmish

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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schoolmarmish popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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