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BOYISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boyishness mean?
• BOYISHNESS (noun)
The noun BOYISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. being characteristic of a boy
Familiarity information: BOYISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being characteristic of a boy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("boyishness" is a kind of...):
masculinity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men)
Derivation:
boyish (befitting or characteristic of a young boy)
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