pedagoguette

English

Etymology

pedagogue +‎ -ette

Noun

pedagoguette (plural pedagoguettes)

1. (nonce word) A schoolmistress.
   • 1935, Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading:

     […] and I saw below me, like pale daisies, the upturned faces of stupefied children, and the pedagoguette, who seemed to be falling backward […]