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unboy

unboy verb: to divest of the traits of a boy.

Verb

unboy (third-person singular simple present unboys, present participle unboying, simple past and past participle unboyed)

  1. (transitive) To divest of the traits of a boy.
    • it was now time to unboy him, by putting him into some action and acquaintance of business1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...

Forms of unboy

third-person singular presentunboys
present participleunboying
past participleunboyed
pastunboyed

Origin of unboy

From un- + boy.

Questions about unboy

What does unboy mean?
Unboy means to divest of the traits of a boy.
What part of speech is unboy?
Unboy is a verb.
What is the past tense of unboy?
The past tense of unboy is unboyed.

Words near unboy in the dictionary

  1. unboxers
  2. unboxes
  3. unboxing
  4. unboxings
  5. unboxy
  6. unboy
  7. unboycotted
  8. unboyed
  9. unboyfriend
  10. unboyfriends
  11. unboying

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