单词 | boyishness |
释义 | boyishnessn. The state or quality of being boyish; childishness, youthfulness. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > boy > [noun] > quality or characteristic of boyishness1542 boyism1785 boydom1856 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Puerilitas, a chyldes act, childyshnes, boyishnes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Puerilité,..boyishnesse, childishnesse..simplicitie. 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence I. xv. 282 Those large, richly set rings. I never saw an American (I mean, of course a man past boyishness and dandyism) with more than one. 1858 Househ. Words 18 414/1 There was no nonsense about Katie; no silly affectation of boyishness, no still sillier affectation of premature womanishness. 1913 J. London Valley of Moon iv. 39 The boyishness had vanished. This face was mature in a terrifying, ageless way. 1991 Chicago Aug. 54/2 It..only underlines Robin's gauche boyishness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1542 |
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