"boyishness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boyishnesses [plural]
Etymology: From boyish + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|boyish|ness}} boyish + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} boyishness (usually uncountable, plural boyishnesses)
  1. The quality of being boyish. Tags: uncountable, usually Coordinate_terms: girlishness Translations (quality of being boyish): Jugendhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Jungenhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Knabenhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), knabenhaftes Aussehen [neuter] (German), knabenhaftes Wesen [neuter] (German)

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