toyish

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adjective

Sportive; trifling; wanton.

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Meanings

adjectivetoyish (comparative more toyish, superlative most toyish)

comparative more toyish · superlative most toyish

  1. datedSportive; trifling; wanton.

    A toyish wanton, when he comes to die, then he looks in his right hand; and what finds he there? Nothing but a lie.

    1822, John Lightfoot, John Rogers Pitman, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot, page 308
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a toy.

Origin

From toy + -ish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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