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单词 boytry
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boytryn.

Forms: 1500s boytrie, 1500s boytrye.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boy n.1, -ry suffix.
Etymology: < boy n.1 + -ry suffix, with insertion of -t- perhaps after harlotry n., piratry n., etc. Compare deviltry n., and later boyery n.
Obsolete. rare.
Puerile behaviour, childishness.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > childish folly, childishness > [noun] > instance of
childhoodc1330
childhead1340
puerilityc1475
boytry?1542
childishness1587
babism1610
youthfullity1763
babyism1806
baby act1865
?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors xi. sig. C6 If the kyng knewe what boytrye were there [i.e. in the Marshalsea] vsed, I think he wold neuer suffer them more to kepe court.
1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course vii. f. 86 v The puerilitie or boytrie vnder the other Kings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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