Ladettish

//læˈdɛtɪʃ// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or displaying behavior associated with, a ladette. informal, uncommon

    "The school, through its strong intervention at this stage, is giving them a reason not to be laddish (or ladettish!), offering them almost a face-saving device to enable them to work without undermining their own sense of ‘being a lad or a ladette’."

Example

More examples

"The school, through its strong intervention at this stage, is giving them a reason not to be laddish (or ladettish!), offering them almost a face-saving device to enable them to work without undermining their own sense of ‘being a lad or a ladette’."

Etymology

From ladette + -ish.

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