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boyism

boyism noun: boyhood.

Noun

boyism (countable and uncountable, plural boyisms)

  1. (obsolete) boyhood
  2. (obsolete) The nature of a boy; childishness.
    • a. 1700, John Dryden, Preface to Poems on Various Occasions
      He had complain'd he was farther off from Possession, by being so near, and a thousand such Boyisms, which Chaucer rejected as below the Dignity of the Subject

Forms of boyism

pluralboyisms

Origin of boyism

From boy + -ism.

Phrases with boyism

Questions about boyism

What does boyism mean?
Boyism means boyhood.
What part of speech is boyism?
Boyism is a noun.
What is the plural of boyism?
The plural of boyism is boyisms.

Words near boyism in the dictionary

  1. Boyingtons
  2. boyish
  3. boyishly
  4. boyishness
  5. boyishnesses
  6. boyism
  7. boyisms
  8. boyitis
  9. boykie
  10. boykies
  11. boykin

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