Boyness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being a boy; masculinity, boyhood. uncountable

    "What is it to be a boy in the scouts? What resources of communication give expression to boyness?"

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"What is it to be a boy in the scouts? What resources of communication give expression to boyness?"

Etymology

From boy + -ness.

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