playboyishadj.
/ˈpleɪbɔɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪɪʃ/ Resembling or behaving like a playboy.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective] > of a man
playboyish1937
1937 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 24 Feb. 12/5 The late spots may expect to see none of dapper and once-playboyish Maxie Baer.
1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake i. 183 The house..was the worst, it is hoped, even in our western playboyish world for pure mousefarm filth.
1987 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 June a15 The representatives of this new style [sc. Jazz]..were no more immoral than the playboyish Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the courts of Vienna.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 29 Aug. 32/1 The plot revolves around a sardonic playboyish adman, Roger..who's been dumped by his lover and boss.
Derivatives
ˈplayboyishness n. the state of being or appearing to be like a playboy.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > of a man
playboyism1934
playboyishness1937
1937 Times 15 Apr. 6/7 The ‘playboyishness’ of both [sc. Max Baer and Jack Doyle] has complicated their careers.
1997 S. Cohan Masked Men vii. 282 A perspective..which..still assents to the seduction fantasy that motivates his playboyishness to begin with.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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