boyness

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noun

The state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.

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Meanings

nounboyness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood.

    Evelyn Hoskins distils boyness from wide-eyed wonder and swaggering assurance.

    2014 July 27, Clare Brennan, The Observer
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    What is it to be a boy in the scouts? What resources of communication give expression to boyness?

    1988, Donal A Carbaugh, Talking American: Cultural Discourses on Donahue, page 9

    I wished for boyness because the boys did so many things I wanted to do and was excluded from doing because I was a girl.

    2018 January 2, Emily Willingham, “The non-binary brain”, in Aeon

Origin

From boy + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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