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choirboyish

choirboyish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a choirboy.

Adjective

choirboyish (comparative more choirboyish, superlative most choirboyish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a choirboy.
    • It was a sweet, choirboyish face, despite the full brown mustache, much younger looking than thirty.1988, Daniel Curzon, Curzon in Love

Forms of choirboyish

comparativemore choirboyish
superlativemost choirboyish

Origin of choirboyish

From choirboy + -ish.

Questions about choirboyish

What does choirboyish mean?
Choirboyish means resembling or characteristic of a choirboy.
What part of speech is choirboyish?
Choirboyish is an adjective.

Words near choirboyish in the dictionary

  1. choir stall
  2. choir stalls
  3. choirbook
  4. choirbooks
  5. choirboy
  6. choirboyish
  7. choirboys
  8. choirchild
  9. choirchildren
  10. choired
  11. choirgirl

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