femboyish

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adjective

Displaying behavior associated with a femboy.

OriginEnglish femboy ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia →
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Meanings

adjectivefemboyish (comparative more femboyish, superlative most femboyish)

comparative more femboyish · superlative most femboyish

  1. Displaying behavior associated with a femboy.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*θēmanā
  4. Proto-Italic*fēmanā
  5. Latinfēmina
  6. Latinfēmella
  7. Old Frenchfemele
  8. Middle Englishfemele
  9. Middle Englishfemale
  10. Englishfemaleclip.
  11. Latinfēmina
  12. Latinfēminīnus
  13. Old Frenchfeminin
  14. Middle Englishfemynyne
  15. Englishfeminineclip.
  16. Englishfem-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  18. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  19. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  20. Old English*bōia
  21. Middle Englishboye
  22. Englishboy
  23. Englishfemboy
  24. Englishfemboyish

From femboy + -ish.

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APA

femboyish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femboyish

MLA

“femboyish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femboyish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “femboyish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femboyish.

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