boyism

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noun

boyhood

“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”

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Meanings

nounboyism (countable and uncountable, plural boyisms)

plural boyisms

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableboyhood
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableThe nature of a boy; childishness.

    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

Origin

From boy + -ism.

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APA

boyism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyism

MLA

“boyism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boyism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyism.

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