schoolmastery

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

schoolmastery (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of schoolmastership

Etymology 2[edit]

schoolmaster +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

schoolmastery (comparative more schoolmastery, superlative most schoolmastery)

  1. (informal) Synonym of schoolmasterish
    • 2015, Norman Hillmer, O. D. Skelton: A Portrait of Canadian Ambition, page 210:
      He retailed the common view to Isabel that “Ramsay” was “a tired man, & overdid the envangelical appeal & schoolmastery scolding, but in spots it was eloquent & impressive.”