small boyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌsmɔːl ˈbɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˌsmɔl ˈbɔɪ/,

/ˌsmɑl ˈbɔɪ/

Forms: see small adj. and n.² and boy n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., boy n.¹

Etymology: < small adj. + boy n.¹

A. n.

A boy of relatively small size, esp. a male child below the age of puberty but typically above infancy. Cf. big boy n. 1a. N.E.D. (1912) comments: ‘small boy has become fairly common in modern colloquial use, but is felt to differ in connotation from little boy, usually by suggesting greater activity and independence.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [noun]

wenchelc890

childeOE

littleOE

littlingOE

hired-childc1275

smalla1300

brolla1325

innocentc1325

chickc1330

congeonc1330

impc1380

faunt1382

young onec1384

scionc1390

weea1400

birdc1405

chickenc1440

enfaunta1475

small boyc1475

whelp1483

burden1490

little one1509

brat?a1513

younkerkin1528

kitling1541

urchin1556

loneling1579

breed1586

budling1587

pledge?1587

ragazzo1591

simplicity1592

bantling1593

tadpole1594

two-year-old1594

bratcheta1600

lambkin1600

younker1601

dandling1611

buda1616

eyas-musketa1616

dovelinga1618

whelplinga1618

puppet1623

butter printa1625

chit1625

piggy1625

ninnyc1626

youngster1633

fairya1635

lap-child1655

chitterling1675

squeaker1676

cherub1680

kid1690

wean1692

kinchin1699

getlingc1700

totum17..

charity-child1723

small girl1734

poult1739

elfin1748

piggy-wiggy1766

piccaninny1774

suck-thumb18..

teeny1802

olive1803

sprout1813

stumpie1820

sexennarian1821

totty1822

toddle1825

toddles1828

poppet1830

brancher1833

toad1836

toddler1837

ankle-biter1840

yarkera1842

twopenny1844

weeny1844

tottykins1849

toddlekins1852

brattock1858

nipper1859

sprat1860

ninepins1862

angelet1868

tenas man1870

tad1877

tacker1885

chavvy1886

joey1887

toddleskin1890

thumb-sucker1891

littlie1893

peewee1894

tyke1894

che-ild1896

kiddo1896

mother's bairn1896

childling1903

kipper1905

pick1905

small1907

God forbid1909

preadolescent1909

subadolescent1914

toto1914

snookums1919

tweenie1919

problem child1920

squirt1924

trottie1924

tiddler1927

subteen1929

perisher1935

poopsie1937

pre-schooler1937

pre-teen1938

pre-teener1940

juvie1941

sprog1944

pikkie1945

subteenager1947

pre-teenager1948

pint-size1954

saucepan lid1960

rug rat1964

smallie1984

bosom-child-

c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 144 (stage direct.) Here rennyt owt..seven [MS vj] small boys.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. G.iiij^v How should yonge virginnes, and smal boyes haue knowne how they might praye.

1743 Trial Campbell Craig & Richard Earl of Anglesey 44/1 There was a small Boy there, which my Lord said was his Brother's Son.

1786 G. Washington Diary 5 July (1925) III. 86 That Cowpers Jack and Day, with some small boys and girls,..were assisting the farmer.

1817 Rep. Comm. Employm. Boys Sweeping Chimnies (House of Commons) 15 Do you give more for children that are delicately formed... So that a small boy bears a better price than a full grown boy?—Yes.

1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. i. 14 A small boy was directed to guide him to his room.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 298 Now, small boys, get out of the way!

1896 Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. 1/3 To the great delight of various small boys.

1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago v. 54 A hole where-through a very small boy might squeeze.

1907 Daily Chron. 24 Dec. 4/4 The punchers and prodders are small boys..from eight to twelve.

1920 G. B. Nevin Primer Organ Registration x. 79 The small, cramped boxes of early days—in some of which only a small boy could enter!

2006 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 10 Dec. (Sport section) 34/2 When I was a small boy, we played a game called ‘best man fall’.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a small boy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > boy > [adjective]

boyish1542

boyly1552

laddish1841

little boy1843

small boy1858

boyey1885

boysy1921

1858 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 70/2 Some enthusiasts of the small-boy interest even wade through it in company.

1861 Harper's Mag. June 133/1 We thought to monopolize all the small-boy trade by posting a flaming placard announcing that we sold skates at twenty cents a pair.

1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xiii. 178 He was..handsome in the downy, small boy fashion of his kind.

1973 J. Stranger Walk Lonely Road xiii. 92 He grinned at her, and she grinned her small-boy grin back at him.

2002 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Aug. al2 Mitchell arrives... He looks like a teenager but is 39 (a fact betrayed by grey streaks in his small-boy haircut).

Derivatives

small-ˈboyhood n. the state or condition of being a small boy.

ΚΠ

1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 40 Tom subsided into small-boyhood again.

1922 J. R. Crawford I walked in Arden xii. 206 Helen wore a wreath of orange blossoms..but I loathed their scent, as I had ever since the day of my small-boyhood when a flower girl under Charing Cross station in London had thrust some beneath my nose.

1986 J. Prodgers Only Good Bear is Dead Bear 198 More like my small boyhood's idea of an ogre than anything I had ever seen.

small-ˈboyish adj. similar to, relating to, or characteristic of a small boy.

ΚΠ

1882 W. James Let. 9 Nov. (1920) I. 214 Baginsky's torrent of words was even more overwhelming than Munk's. I never felt quite so helpless and small-boyish before.

1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 96 This dreary pastime found way into his small-boyish being.

1917 Cent. Mag. July 333/2 There is something deliciously small-boyish about an outsider's adventures in Washington.

1973 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 13 Sept. 4/4 What strikes a visitor most sharply is his scarcely concealed, almost small-boyish delight at having all his old political rivals and enemies wooing him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	small boy
释义	small boyn.adj. Brit. /ˌsmɔːl ˈbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˌsmɔl ˈbɔɪ/, /ˌsmɑl ˈbɔɪ/ Forms: see small adj. and n.² and boy n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: small adj., boy n.¹ Etymology: < small adj. + boy n.¹ A. n. A boy of relatively small size, esp. a male child below the age of puberty but typically above infancy. Cf. big boy n. 1a. N.E.D. (1912) comments: ‘small boy has become fairly common in modern colloquial use, but is felt to differ in connotation from little boy, usually by suggesting greater activity and independence.’ ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] wenchelc890 childeOE littleOE littlingOE hired-childc1275 smalla1300 brolla1325 innocentc1325 chickc1330 congeonc1330 impc1380 faunt1382 young onec1384 scionc1390 weea1400 birdc1405 chickenc1440 enfaunta1475 small boyc1475 whelp1483 burden1490 little one1509 brat?a1513 younkerkin1528 kitling1541 urchin1556 loneling1579 breed1586 budling1587 pledge?1587 ragazzo1591 simplicity1592 bantling1593 tadpole1594 two-year-old1594 bratcheta1600 lambkin1600 younker1601 dandling1611 buda1616 eyas-musketa1616 dovelinga1618 whelplinga1618 puppet1623 butter printa1625 chit1625 piggy1625 ninnyc1626 youngster1633 fairya1635 lap-child1655 chitterling1675 squeaker1676 cherub1680 kid1690 wean1692 kinchin1699 getlingc1700 totum17.. charity-child1723 small girl1734 poult1739 elfin1748 piggy-wiggy1766 piccaninny1774 suck-thumb18.. teeny1802 olive1803 sprout1813 stumpie1820 sexennarian1821 totty1822 toddle1825 toddles1828 poppet1830 brancher1833 toad1836 toddler1837 ankle-biter1840 yarkera1842 twopenny1844 weeny1844 tottykins1849 toddlekins1852 brattock1858 nipper1859 sprat1860 ninepins1862 angelet1868 tenas man1870 tad1877 tacker1885 chavvy1886 joey1887 toddleskin1890 thumb-sucker1891 littlie1893 peewee1894 tyke1894 che-ild1896 kiddo1896 mother's bairn1896 childling1903 kipper1905 pick1905 small1907 God forbid1909 preadolescent1909 subadolescent1914 toto1914 snookums1919 tweenie1919 problem child1920 squirt1924 trottie1924 tiddler1927 subteen1929 perisher1935 poopsie1937 pre-schooler1937 pre-teen1938 pre-teener1940 juvie1941 sprog1944 pikkie1945 subteenager1947 pre-teenager1948 pint-size1954 saucepan lid1960 rug rat1964 smallie1984 bosom-child- c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 144 (stage direct.) Here rennyt owt..seven [MS vj] small boys. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. G.iiij^v How should yonge virginnes, and smal boyes haue knowne how they might praye. 1743 Trial Campbell Craig & Richard Earl of Anglesey 44/1 There was a small Boy there, which my Lord said was his Brother's Son. 1786 G. Washington Diary 5 July (1925) III. 86 That Cowpers Jack and Day, with some small boys and girls,..were assisting the farmer. 1817 Rep. Comm. Employm. Boys Sweeping Chimnies (House of Commons) 15 Do you give more for children that are delicately formed... So that a small boy bears a better price than a full grown boy?—Yes. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. i. 14 A small boy was directed to guide him to his room. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 298 Now, small boys, get out of the way! 1896 Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. 1/3 To the great delight of various small boys. 1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago v. 54 A hole where-through a very small boy might squeeze. 1907 Daily Chron. 24 Dec. 4/4 The punchers and prodders are small boys..from eight to twelve. 1920 G. B. Nevin Primer Organ Registration x. 79 The small, cramped boxes of early days—in some of which only a small boy could enter! 2006 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 10 Dec. (Sport section) 34/2 When I was a small boy, we played a game called ‘best man fall’. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a small boy. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > boy > [adjective] boyish1542 boyly1552 laddish1841 little boy1843 small boy1858 boyey1885 boysy1921 1858 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 70/2 Some enthusiasts of the small-boy interest even wade through it in company. 1861 Harper's Mag. June 133/1 We thought to monopolize all the small-boy trade by posting a flaming placard announcing that we sold skates at twenty cents a pair. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning xiii. 178 He was..handsome in the downy, small boy fashion of his kind. 1973 J. Stranger Walk Lonely Road xiii. 92 He grinned at her, and she grinned her small-boy grin back at him. 2002 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Aug. al2 Mitchell arrives... He looks like a teenager but is 39 (a fact betrayed by grey streaks in his small-boy haircut). Derivatives small-ˈboyhood n. the state or condition of being a small boy. ΚΠ 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 40 Tom subsided into small-boyhood again. 1922 J. R. Crawford I walked in Arden xii. 206 Helen wore a wreath of orange blossoms..but I loathed their scent, as I had ever since the day of my small-boyhood when a flower girl under Charing Cross station in London had thrust some beneath my nose. 1986 J. Prodgers Only Good Bear is Dead Bear 198 More like my small boyhood's idea of an ogre than anything I had ever seen. small-ˈboyish adj. similar to, relating to, or characteristic of a small boy. ΚΠ 1882 W. James Let. 9 Nov. (1920) I. 214 Baginsky's torrent of words was even more overwhelming than Munk's. I never felt quite so helpless and small-boyish before. 1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 96 This dreary pastime found way into his small-boyish being. 1917 Cent. Mag. July 333/2 There is something deliciously small-boyish about an outsider's adventures in Washington. 1973 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 13 Sept. 4/4 What strikes a visitor most sharply is his scarcely concealed, almost small-boyish delight at having all his old political rivals and enemies wooing him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1475
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