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  • adjective Of or pertaining to school; scholastic.
  • adjective Characteristic of school rather than real life; pedantic, pedagogical, etc.

Etymologies

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From school +‎ -ish. Compare Dutch schools ("scholastic, methodical"), German schulisch ("schoolish, scolastic").

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