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boyness

boyness noun: the state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.

Noun

boyness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.
    • What is it to be a boy in the scouts? What resources of communication give expression to boyness?1988, Donal A Carbaugh, Talking American: Cultural Discourses on Donahue, page 9
    • Evelyn Hoskins distils boyness from wide-eyed wonder and swaggering assurance.2014 July 27, Clare Brennan, The Observer

Origin of boyness

From boy + -ness.

Questions about boyness

What does boyness mean?
Boyness means the state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.
What part of speech is boyness?
Boyness is a noun.

Words near boyness in the dictionary

  1. boymoders
  2. boymodes
  3. boymoding
  4. Boyne
  5. Boynes
  6. boyness
  7. Boynton
  8. Boynton Beach
  9. Boyntons
  10. boyo
  11. boyology

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