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toyish

toyish adjective: sportive; trifling; wanton.

Adjective

toyish (comparative more toyish, superlative most toyish)

  1. (dated) Sportive; trifling; wanton.
    • A toyish wanton, when he comes to die, then he looks in his right hand; and what finds he there? Nothing but a lie.1822, John Lightfoot, John Rogers Pitman, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot, page 308
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a toy.

Forms of toyish

comparativemore toyish
superlativemost toyish

Origin of toyish

From toy + -ish.

Questions about toyish

What does toyish mean?
Toyish means sportive; trifling; wanton.
What part of speech is toyish?
Toyish is an adjective.

Words near toyish in the dictionary

  1. toyifications
  2. toying
  3. toying with
  4. toyingly
  5. toyings
  6. toyish
  7. toyishly
  8. toyishness
  9. toykind
  10. Toyland
  11. toyle

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