What does boyhood mean?
Definitions for boyhood
ˈbɔɪ hʊdboy·hood
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Princeton's WordNet
boyhoodnoun
the childhood of a boy
Wiktionary
boyhoodnoun
The state or period of being a boy.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Boyhoodnoun
The state of a boy; the part of life in which we are boys.
Etymology: from boy.
If you should look at him, in his boyhood, through the magnifying end of a perspective, and, in his manhood, through the other, it would be impossible to spy any difference; the same air, the same strut. Jonathan Swift.
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boyhood
Boyhood is the period of time in a male's life when he is a boy, often characterized by experiences of youth, learning, fun, growth, adjustment and physical development. It is the stage before adolescence and involves various cultural, social, and personal aspects.
Webster Dictionary
Boyhoodnoun
the state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy
Wikidata
Boyhood
Boyhood is the second novel in Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, following Childhood and followed by Youth. The novel was first published in the Russian literary journal Sovremennik in 1854.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of boyhood in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of boyhood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of boyhood in a Sentence
We make it very clear at the front of the movie that this is fiction and we are imagining one year in the boyhood of Jesus ; so we are not trying to present something as fact or something that is n’t and we are doing it reverently.
If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
It seems a lot of people are saying that if they vote 'Birdman' in one of those two categories, they are going to vote 'Boyhood' in the other.
I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best friend's my wife. Who could ask for anything more?
Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.
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- niñezSpanish
- poikuusFinnish
- کوڕێتیKurdish
- pueritiaLatin
- дечаштвоSerbo-Croatian
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