boyhood
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈbɔɪˌhʊd/
Definition of boyhood
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The state or condition of being a boy.
“And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]”
“It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick's great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination!”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)The state or condition of being a boy.
“And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]”
“It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick's great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination!”
- (countable)The childhood of a boy.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From boy + -hood.
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