schoolmasterishadj.
/ˈskuːlˌmɑːst(ə)rɪʃ/, /ˈskuːlˌmast(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈskulˌmæst(ə)rɪʃ/ = schoolmasterly adj.
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pedantic1628
schoolmasterly1654
pedagogal?1764
schoolmasterish1789
pedagoguish1830
schoolmastering1831
schoolmastery1864
schoolteaching1869
Dominical1882
1789 [implied in: J. Bentham Let. in Wks. (1843) X. 217 Your age and character fit you better for intimacy with him: the schoolmasterishness of mine acting naturally as a repellant.].
1848 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 288/2 We mean not to be schoolmasterish or precise.
1883 W. Black Yolande II. ix. 157 He claimed a sort of schoolmasterish authority over her.
1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain vi. 281 When he was schoolmasterish, the pupil put him to shame.
1976 A. Price War Game (1979) ii. ii. 201 ‘If I may remind you, sir—’... That ‘sir’ was beginning to make Audley feel old and schoolmasterish.
1999 T. Lott White City Blue (2000) 217 The slight schoolmasterish tone provokes me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1789