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boyish

adj
/ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/

Etymology

From boy + -ish.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. suffixed as boyish — “boy + ish”

Definitions

  1. Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor.

    • People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour.
    • Her boyish figure belied her femininity.

  2. Relating to a boy, or occurring in boyhood.

    • For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for boyish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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