Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boyishness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: boy-ish-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being boyish.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That slightly wide-eyed boyishness has given him a career playing ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, whether that be everyone's favourite idiot-savant Forrest Gump (1994), a pilot who saves the day in Sully (2016), or the beleaguered Captain Miller of Saving Private Ryan (1998)."

Etymology

Etymology tree English boyish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English boyishness From boyish + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

boyishnesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

girlishness

Questions

What does boyishness mean?: The quality of being boyish.
Where does boyishness come from?: Etymology tree English boyish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English boyishness From boyish + -ness.

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