boyish
English
Etymology
boy + -ish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/
- Hyphenation: boy‧ish
Adjective
boyish (comparative more boyish, superlative most boyish)
- Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 1, in My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan:
- He is never expected to act like a nice little gentleman, for he is only a rude little slave. Thus, freed from all restraint, the slave-boy can be, in his life and conduct, a genuine boy, doing whatever his boyish nature suggests.
- People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour.
- Her boyish figure belied her femininity.
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Translations
like a boy
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