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boyhood

boyhood

33 2.0
The time when someone is a boy
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔɪhʊd/
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  • He often reminisces about his boyhood adventures spent climbing trees and playing in the neighborhood.
  • boyhood memories
  • boyhood friends
  • boyhood home

And So what was it like to experience a sense of boyhood masculinity that I thought I did?

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Examples

  • Segregation in the Chicago of my boyhood was not by race alone, especially for Jews.

    Academic text (2009)
  • But it was mostly fun and it was sort of like a boyhood dream come true.

  • Perhaps if we go back over your boyhood again, we can find some mental meeting ground.

  • Your boyhood is drawing to an end.

  • Boxing was the sport of choice in the Chicago of my early boyhood.

    Academic text (2009)
  • You decided to settle down to marry your boyhood sweetheart from your hometown.

  • Oddly, scenes from his boyhood started to race through his mind.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • But Scottish versions of the loser's story surrounded his boyhood and wove themselves into its fabric.

    Academic text (2003)
  • We were his best listeners and eager conspirators in his great boyhood memories.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • My boyhood days of misery and destitution seemed now like a scarcely believable fiction.

Synonyms

childhood
vsboyhood
687 1.0

The time in life when someone is a child before becoming a teenager

is the same period but limited to males
youth
vsboyhood
164 1.0

The time between childhood and adulthood when someone is young

is an earlier life stage occurring before that later period

How Young

infancy
35 3.7
toddlerhood
1 3.4
boyhood
33 2.0
adolescence
60 3.9
adulthood
61 3.1

Surface Forms

boyhood singular
boyhoods plural

Morphology

boyhood = boy (transparent) = boy + hood

The noun is a straightforward formation from 'boy' + the noun-forming suffix '-hood' meaning the state or period of being a boy.

Etymology

The word boyhood is made of boy and the old ending -hood. The -hood part means 'state' or 'time of life', as in childhood and adulthood, so boyhood is the 'time when someone is a boy'.