boyeyadj.
/ˈbɔɪi/, U.S. /ˈbɔɪi/ Having the characteristic qualities of a boy, boyish; characteristic of a boy.
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boyish1542
boyly1552
laddish1841
little boy1843
small boy1858
boyey1885
boysy1921
1885 M. L. Molesworth Carrots i He was a very boy-ey boy, very much inclined to look down upon girls in general.
1913 M. E. Mann Mrs. Day's Daughters xxii. 220 His worn little trousers had acquired a very boyey smell.
2005 R. F. Oswald et al. in V. L. Bengtson et al. Sourcebk. Family Theory & Res. vi. 153/1 One of us was recently informed by a first-grader..that the first-grader's friends included ‘girls, boys, girly boys, and boyey girls’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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