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boyish

[boi-ish]

adjective

  1. of or befitting a boy; engagingly youthful or innocent.

    a boyish grin.



boyish

/ ˈɔɪɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of or like a boy in looks, behaviour, or character, esp when regarded as attractive or endearing

    a boyish smile

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • boyishly adverb
  • boyishness noun
  • unboyish adjective
  • unboyishly adverb
  • unboyishness noun
  • ˈDz⾱ adverb
  • ˈDz⾱Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boyish1

First recorded in 1540–50; boy + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

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A video, shared widely online, shows police arresting a young man with a boyish face and hair over his shoulders, wearing blue jeans and a green T-shirt.

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Lorenzo Sanchez, who pitched Rolling Thunder to a 14-2 win over the Warriors, wore a boyish smile and looked nothing like 83.

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Though Malkmus has maintained much of his lean, boyish West Coast cool, even edging toward late middle age, the quintet looks older and wiser, no longer burdened by their uncomfortable relationship with success.

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“The goal was that it felt like it was something from nature, not something from a movie,” says Saxon, boyish with wispy brown hair, during a recent Zoom interview from Sebastopol, Cailf.

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Blink-182 made its famed name on a brand of boyish, humor-laden punk songs that defied the grunge trend of the early 1990s to top Billboard charts and achieve platinum sales.

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