Boyism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Boyism is a noun meaning (obsolete) boyhood.
Meaning
(obsolete) boyhood.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) The nature of a boy; childishness.
Example Sentences
a. 1700, John Dryden, Preface to Poems on Various Occasions He had complain'd he was farther off from Possession, by being so near, and a thousand such Boyisms, which Chaucer rejected as below the Dignity of the Subject
Word Forms
- boyisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include youthhead, old-maidhood, orgulity, baronage, urningism, juvenal.
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