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boyish

/ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/
/ˈbojɪʃ/ British, Southern, Standard

adjective more boyish · most boyish

Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor. People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour.
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.

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adj like a boy

Español	muchachil
日本語	少年らしい shōnen rashii
中文	少年的 shàonián de
Português	pueril, infantil
Français	de garçon
Deutsch	jungenhaft, knabenhaft
Ελληνικά	αγορίστικος agorístikos
Русский	мальчи́шеский malʹčíšeskij

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@misc{boyish_2026,
  title = {boyish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boyish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}