untomboyish

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adjective

Not tomboyish.

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

adjective
  1. Not tomboyish.

    I […] preferred male company to female company for mostly untomboyish reasons.

    2009 August 23, Porochista Khakpour, “Finally ‘Thirtysomething’?”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Aramaicתאמא
  9. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  10. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  11. LatinThōmās
  12. Middle EnglishThomas
  13. Middle EnglishThomme
  14. EnglishTom
  15. Englishtom
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  17. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  18. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  19. Old English*bōia
  20. Middle Englishboye
  21. Englishboy
  22. Englishtomboy
  23. Englishtomboyish
  24. Englishuntomboyish

From un- + tomboyish.

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APA

untomboyish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untomboyish

MLA

“untomboyish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untomboyish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untomboyish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untomboyish.

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