"boyish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/ Forms: more boyish [comparative], most boyish [superlative]
Etymology: boy + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|boy|ish}} boy + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} boyish (comparative more boyish, superlative most boyish)
  1. Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor. Translations (like a boy): کوڕانە (kurrane) (Central Kurdish), 少年的 (shàonián de) (Chinese Mandarin), drenget (Danish), jongensachtig (Dutch), knaba (Esperanto), dreingjaligur (Faroese), poikamainen (Finnish), de garçon (French), jungenhaft (German), knabenhaft (German), αγορίστικος (agorístikos) (Greek), fiús (Hungarian), strákslegur (Icelandic), pueratra (Ido), 少年らしい (shōnen rashii) (alt: しょうねんらしい) (Japanese), puerārius [Mediaeval] (Latin), gutteaktig (Norwegian Bokmål), gutaktig (Norwegian Nynorsk), chłopięcy (Polish), pueril (Portuguese), infantil (Portuguese), мальчи́шеский (malʹčíšeskij) (Russian), balachail (Scottish Gaelic), muchachil (Spanish), pojkaktig (Swedish), oğlansı (Turkish), mabol (Welsh)

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      "sense": "like a boy",
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      "sense": "like a boy",
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      "sense": "like a boy",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "pueril"
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      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "infantil"
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      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "мальчи́шеский"
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      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "balachail"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "muchachil"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "pojkaktig"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "like a boy",
      "word": "oğlansı"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "like a boy",
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