schoolgirlish

1. 1.

   befitting or characteristic of a young girl

   “girlish charm”

   “a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear”

   Synonymsgirlish

   Similaryoung

Questions about schoolgirlish

What does schoolgirlish mean?

schoolgirlish means "befitting or characteristic of a young girl".

How many syllables are in schoolgirlish?

schoolgirlish has 3 syllables and divides as school-gir-lish under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for schoolgirlish?

Close synonyms include girlish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.