schoolboyish

adj

schoolboyish

adj

UK /ˈskuːl.bɔɪ.ɪʃ/

Etymology From schoolboy + -ish.

1

Resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.

‘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.’1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1119:

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