Meaning of BOYISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'boyish
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| | Definition: | | [adj] befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks" |
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| | Synonyms: | | boylike, immature, schoolboyish, young |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Boy"ish\, a.
Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a
boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
A boyish, odd conceit. --Baillie.
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | adolescent, airy, attenuate, attenuated, beardless, boylike, calflike, childish, childlike, coltish, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, ethereal, fine, fine-drawn, finespun, flimsy, frail, gauzy, girlish, girllike, gossamer, gracile, immature, insubstantial, juvenile, kiddish, lacy, light, maiden, maidenly, misty, papery, puerile, puplike, puppyish, puppylike, rare, rarefied, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thinnish, thin-set, thin-spun, threadlike, vague, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy, young, youthful |
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