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boyfriendish

adj

Etymology

From boyfriend + -ish.

  1. derived from *preyH-✻ — “to please; to love”
  2. inherited from *frijōndz✻ — “friend, loved one”
  3. inherited from *friund✻
  4. inherited from frēond
  5. inherited from freend
  6. formed as boyfriend — “boy + friend”
  7. formed as boyfriendish — “boyfriend + -ish”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a boyfriend.

    • Nothing here that looks very boyfriendish.
    • To help her out, I try to put on a very sincere face, a very caring face, a boyfriendish sort of face.
    • So all I had to do was to be a nice boy and eat all that he served me and make sure not to act boyfriendish while he was around... and I would be safe.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA