boyhood

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boyhood

  • /ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/

noun boyhoods

  1. countable, uncountable The state or condition of being a boy. And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]
  2. countable The childhood of a boy.

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Closest in meaning: childhood, infancy, child, adolescence, pubescence, youth, juvenescence, preadolescence, ladhood, teenhood, teenagehood, schooldays, immaturity, juvenility, nonage, minority

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noun The state or period of being a boy

Españolniñez
Portuguêsmeninice
Françaisgarçonnité, enfance
Русскийо́трочество ótročestvo

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@misc{boyhood_2026,
  title = {boyhood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boyhood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}